Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Illusion Quotes
IllusionPerceptionPerspectiveReality The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
CrueltyDesireIllusion Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.
IdentityIllusionPerceptionRealitySelf-Discovery I remember reading the book in high school and always thinking of Gatsby as this strong, stoic, suave, mysterious man who had everything under control. But when I read it as an adult, I realised he is a hollow man, a shell of a person trying to find meaning, who is not completely in touch with reality.
FilmHopeIllusionMythologyStorytelling Storytelling, mythology and film provide a lot of hope but, on the flip side, can also create delusion.
DreamIllusionLife Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
CognitionIllusionMysteryPerceptionPsychology For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.
AddictionConnectionIdentityIllusionIntoxication Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.
DreamsIllusionKnowledgeReasoningTruth Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.
AuthorityCreationIllusionInfluencePower Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.
AppearanceDeceptionIllusionMagnetismPerception Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
AssumptionIllusionMiscommunicationMisunderstandingPerception The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
AppearancesHappinessIllusionRealitySocial Media Particularly Instagram, people look like they have a much better life than they really do. People basically seem like they are way better-looking than they really are, and they are way happier-seeming than they really are.
Emotional ValuesIllusionMoralityRelativismTruth A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
