“The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.” StudyFailingIllusionSakePursuitPrize Book:Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dyslexic edition Source: Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dyslexic edition
“Most of us fail to appreciate the extent to which our behavior is under situational control, because we prefer to believe that is all is internally generated. We wander around cloaked in an illusion of vulnerability, mis-armed with an arrogance of free will and rationality.” BelieveFailingBehaviorIllusionAppreciateWanderVulnerabilityArroganceFree WillRationality Author:Philip Zimbardo
“Playing with various approaches may be due to resistance to going within, to the fear of having to abandon the illusion of being something or somebody in particular.Of all the affections the love of oneself comes first. Light and love are impersonal.When you do not think yourself to be this or that, all conflict ceases. Any attempt to do something about your problems is bound to fail, for what is caused by desire can be undone only in freedom from desire. You cannot be rid of problems without abandoning illusions.” ThinkingFirstsMayProblemLightDesireFailingParticularConflictApproachIllusionAnd LoveBoundsOneselfAffectionVariousDuesCeaseResistanceAbandonUndoneLight And Love Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“We still have the illusion that the ocean will recover. That even if we do have to lose sharks, people don't understand why this matters. The evidence is in front of us, and we fail to take it in and say, "Now I get it. Now I understand."” PeopleIfsStillsMatterLosesFailingFrontsOceanIllusionEvidenceSharks Author:Sylvia Earle