If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
Aldous HuxleyAldous Huxley The scent of rain is just as much as an illusion as your love.
Marie-Kristin HofmannMarie-Kristin Hofmann We must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others.
Bernard WilliamsBernard Williams Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen The world is an illusion, but an illusion which we must take seriously.
Aldous HuxleyAldous Huxley It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up all human endeavour except the struggle to survive.
Roberto BolanoRoberto Bolano You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
Obehi Vessel A.Obehi Vessel A. I loved you as Icarus loved the sun- too close, too much.
David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
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