Quotes about Illusion

The hallmark of the fraudulent is that it becomes what you would like it to be.

The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

But one jailer had heard that Houdini was coming, and the jailer was ready. When Houdini closed the cell door, the jailer put the key in the lock and secretly turned it in the wrong direction. He then removed the key, and everyone watched as Houdini struggled to escape—by unknowingly locking himself in repeatedly. Finally, in frustration, Houdini admitted he could not escape. The jailer then revealed his deception. Houdini had believed a lie, and the lie had held him captive.

A lie believed as truth will affect you as if it were true.

One works hard to prop up an illusion that sucks the life out of them, and the other works hard to make their home a place that restores them, nurtures them, and gives life to others.

And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything as you like it, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose, and it's always daisy-time.

Desert Storm was seen by the military establishment and by some politicians as avenging Vietnam, but it left behind dangerous illusions. The victory was so decisive, and information about it so carefully managed, that the American public was never clearly informed that it was purchased at the price of approximately 100,000 Iraqi lives.

You can dress a toad in lace, but the minute you let it go, it'll still poop on your porch.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.

He warps your perspective on the current events in your life until reality appears much worse and more desperate than it truly is.

But that didn't happen. Somehow, he was standing on solid ground that looked anything but solid.