It is an
illusion that youth is happy, an
illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideal which have been instilled into them, and each time they come in contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded. - Of Human Bondage
View quotes by W Somerset MaughamBelief in the absence of
illusions is itself an
illusion. [And what about belief in the
illusion of the absence of
illusions?]
View quotes by Barbara HarrisonThe House of Lords, an
illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.
View quotes by Tom StoppardReality is merely an
illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
View quotes by Albert EinsteinTime is an
illusion, lunchtime, doubly so
View quotes by Douglas AdamsI realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be agressive. I had to get out there and go for it... I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an
illusion to me.
View quotes by Michael JordanWe live in a fantasy world, a world of
illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
View quotes by Iris MurdochThe great
illusion (Title of book 1910 re futility of war)
View quotes by Sir Norman AngellA poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope,
illusion, more than bread.
View quotes by Georges BernanosYou are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the
illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.
View quotes by Pope John Paul IIWe cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon
illusion, and put to death by reality.
View quotes by Judy GarlandHow strange when an
illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child.
View quotes by Judy GarlandThe highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the
illusion of a higher reality.
View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheLost
Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
View quotes by Andre MauroisWe trained hard - but it seemed every time we were beginning to form up
into teams we were reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend
to meet any new situation by reorganising, and what a wonderful method it
can be for creating the
illusion of progress while actually producing
confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.
View quotes by Petronius ArbiterI'm all for the
illusion that I'm a sex symbol.
View quotes by James NesbittLovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the
illusion of immortality and the fact of death.
View quotes by Alexander ChaseIf you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling
illusion that it has been mastered.
View quotes by Stanley KubrickReligion is an
illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.
View quotes by Sigmund FreudA great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for
illusion is deep.
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