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Illusion Quotes - Page 4

The world is an illusion, but an illusion which we must take seriously.

Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

It's so easy to lie. What’s even worse is how we cling to those lies. We beg for the illusion so we don’t have to face the truth, don’t have to feel alone.

Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.1081, Dell

What is characteristic of illusions is that they are derived from human wishes.

Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Anna Freud, Carrie Lee Rothgeb (1961). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

Illusion and wisdom combined are the charm of life and art.

Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

Only love is real...everything else is illusion

Song: Only Love Is Real, Album: Thoroughbred, 1976

Realize all this as illusion, realize that within the illusion is the Real.

Swami Vivekananda (1997). “A Concordance to Swami Vivekananda: A-H”

In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.

"History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena" by Charles-Tristan de Montholon, Vol. 3, (p. 187), 1847.

Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.

Eugene Ionesco, Charles Marowitz (2015). “Exit the King, The Killer, Macbett”, p.15, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.