#illusion

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. ↗

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I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. ↗

— Alan Watts

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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. ↗

— Simone Weil

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I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bush's lapdog. I think everyone's just disillusioned with politics in our country, and it must be the same in your country. ↗

— Paul Weller

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If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow. ↗

— Mel Gibson

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The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages. ↗

— Horace Greeley

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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos. ↗

— Manly Hall

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I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

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Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion. ↗