Quotes about Illusions

The philosopher Marar writes, "As our hearts can't stop pumping blood, so our minds can't stop pumping illusions.

They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

Illusions may fade, but the sublime remains.

The most recent Council, however, has cured me of my illusions that the royal path to achieve it might be this "conciliarity.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.

What is man? He's just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.

Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth. Roll up that tender air and the plant dies, the colour fades. The earth we walk on is a parched cinder. It is marl we tread and fiery cobbles scorch our feet. By the truth we are undone. Life is a dream. 'Tis waking that kills us.

She lost her illusions in the collapse of her sympathies.

No, as far as I am concerned, let your wife cherish the memory of this dead, stainless mother.  Why should I interfere with her illusions? 

The idealization of poverty is one of the most dangerous illusions of Christians in the contemporary world. Stewardship—which requires possessions and includes giving—is the true spiritual discipline in relation to wealth.

Il y a des illusions touchantes qui sont peut-être des réalités sublimes.