Quotes about Illusion

You know,' he went on, 'novels are the fruit of the human illusion that we can understand our fellow man. But what do we know about each other?' 'Nothing,' said Bibi. 'True,' said Joujou. The professor of philosophy acquiesced with a nod of the head. 'The only thing we can do,' said Banaka, 'is to give an account of our own selves. Anything else is an abuse of power. Anything else is a lie.

All at once I understood that it had only been my illusion that we ourselves saddle events and control their courses; the truth is that they aren't our stories at all, that they are foisted on us from somewhere outside; that in no way do they represent us; that we are not to blame for the strange paths they follow; that they are themselves directed from who knows where by who knows what strange forces.

The most powerful hallucinogen in this planet is called Love. Highly Addictive! You will see and hear things that don't exist!

Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts, the image appears to be real; but on awaking it vanishes.

What does not contain love must contain an illusion.

We also know how cruel the truth often is, and we wonder whether delusion is not more consoling. HENRI POINCARÉ (1854—1912)

The Cardiff Giant that most Americans have seen is this copy. Barnum exhibited a fake fake.

The electron is first of all your concept of the electron.

In this very moment all of us are dying. Some of us are dying more slowly and some of us more quickly. If we can be alive now, it is because we're dying at every moment. We might think that someone else is dying and we're not. But we shouldn't be fooled by appearances.

The formula "two and two make five" is not without its attractions.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.