Pastoral Resources

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.

Tradition is the illusion of permanance.

There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things.

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.

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.

The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains.

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.

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

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

Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding.

Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.

Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.

Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most pernicious illusion.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.