Sarah McLachlan Quotes

I like the idea that we build up these walls or rules or laws to maintain our reality, and when they fall away, you're left with a whole bunch of illusions.

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.

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

Truth is always a delusion.

Every generation lives with illusions.

Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.

Illusions are hazardous, and so are disillusions.

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

It seems important to find ways of reminding ourselves that most 'familiarity' is meditated and delusive.

Fantasies are not always what people think they are.

Perception is not always reality.

Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.

People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping, not considering that the whole world that environs them does not permit them to wake. Life proceeds as a series of optical illusions, artificial needs and imaginary sensations.

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.

A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint

What we're showing may not be your reality, but it's ours.

This is why fiction is an art, and life is not - how much more affecting is the lie than the truth.

Perception's not reality.

Both individuals and societies tell themselves stories to simplify and make sense of the messy chaos of reality.

There are only two types of people in the world. There are the people who understand that this is a matrix, and then there are the people who buy it lock, stock and barrel.

The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you.

How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs.

Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are what they are. When the facts are too sharp, you can craft a cheerful version of the situation and cover the facts the way that you can covered a battered old four-slice toaster with a knitted cozy featuring images of kittens.

You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.