#illusion

There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#disillusionment #emotional #faith

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford. ↗

— Arthur Goldberg

#age #cannot #illusion #law #menace

The painting is not on a surface, but on a plane which is imagined. It moves in a mind. It is not there physically at all. It is an illusion, a piece of magic, so that what you see is not what you see. ↗

— Philip Guston

#imagined #magic #mind #moves #painting

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting. ↗

— Woody Harrelson

#because #disillusioned #i #i love #love

What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion. ↗

— Max Jacob

#endowed #enough #give #illusion #reality

Infinite love is the only truth. Everything else is illusion. ↗

— David Icke

#everything #illusion #infinite #love #love is

Happiness, thou art naught but an illusion. Thy enchantments are cast upon my eyes, my mind, my spellbound heart. Dependent upon nothing but thy victim's perception of thee, souls soar at thy artful hand! I have fallen in love with thy illusions, Happiness. Thou hast made me a part of them, and I am left delirious. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#illusion #outlook #perception #richelle #richelle-goodrich

The Russian people are suffering from economic fatigue and from disillusionment with the Allies! The world thinks the Russian Revolution is at an end. Do not be mistaken. The Russian Revolution is just beginning. ↗

— Alexander Kerensky

#beginning #disillusionment #economic #end #fatigue

My work is not great, but it's respectable. I have no false illusions. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#great #i #illusions #respectable #work

So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the Lib Dems for those loose votes. ↗

— Francis Maude

#compete #disillusioned #effectively #enough #gain