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The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake.
I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong - I have audio illusions.
Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.
Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.
