#illusion

What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. ↗

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

#dreams #enough #good #greatest #illusion

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#bread #his #hope #illusion #man

There's truths you have to grow into. ↗

— H.G. Wells

#maturity #love

For awhile, I got stupid about only wanting a leading-man role, but I have no illusions. I know I'm not Brad Pitt. ↗

— Breckin Meyer

#awhile #brad #brad pitt #got #i

I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it. ↗

— David Blaine

#could #doing #i #illusions #magic

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. ↗

— Tony Blair

#always #carry #challenge #disillusion #each

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#albeit #illusion #merely #persistent #reality

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#emptiness #illusion #needed #within

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, you are free to die laughing. ↗

— James Broughton

#being #die #everything #free #good

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion. ↗

— Sai Baba

#back #becomes #built #foundations #ground