“I think of the old slavery, and of the way The Economy has now improved upon it. The new slavery has improved upon the old by giving the new slaves the illusion that they are free. The Economy does not take people's freedom by force, which would be against its principles, for it is very humane. It buys their freedom, pays for it, and then persuades its money back again with shoddy goods and the promise of freedom. "Buy a car," it says, "and be free. Buy a boat and be free." Is this not the raw material of bad dreams? Or is it maybe the very nightmare itself?” PeopleThinkingWayGivingDoeDreamWould BeForcePayPrinciplesEconomyCarMaterialsPromiseIllusionSlaverySlaveBoatNightmareGoodsConsumerismHumaneBack AgainOverconsumptionRaw MaterialsBad Dream Book:Jayber Crow: A Novel Source: Jayber Crow: A Novel
“Sometimes I think death is a greater awareness than life. Life gives us the illusion of immortality, whereas death gives us the certainty of immortality” ThinkingGivingSometimesDeathGreaterAwarenessIllusionCertaintyImmortality Author:Frederick Lenz
“Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth? - photography, once it begins to reproduce colors, and that won't be long in coming. And yet you want an intelligent man to sweat for months so as to give the illusion he can do something as well as an ingenious little machine can!” KnowsMenWantGivingWellsLittlesLongCan DoColorMonthsPhotographyIllusionMachinesUltimateIntelligentDo You KnowSweatIngeniousCan Do SomethingIntelligent Man Book:The writings of a savage Source: The writings of a savage
“If you strive to find your Self by using your mind, you will strive and strive in vain, because the mind cannot give you the Truth. You are that Self. All else is illusion of the mind's creation.” IfsGivingMindSelfCreationIllusionStriveVain Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The peculiarity of sculpture is that it creates a three-dimensional object in space. Painting may strive to give on a two-dimensional plane, the illusion of space, but it is space itself as a perceived quantity that becomes the peculiar concern of the sculptor. We may say that for the painter space is a luxury; for the sculptor it is a necessity.” GivingMayTwoThreeSpaceObjectsPaintingIllusionConcernStrivePainterLuxuryPlanesPeculiarQuantitySculptureSculptors Author:Herbert Read
“Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed.” PeopleGivingRealSelfDifficultSucceedIllusionImportanceHumbleBeing FamousReal YouSelf-importanceStay Humble Author:Lili Taylor
“I'm really creating abstract shapes and relationships that work together. They come together and give the illusion of reality, but they're really abstract shapes. If you look at individual shapes, they aren't the shape of anything, but together they give you the illusion of hills and sun and flowers.” IfsGivingLooksRealityTogetherIndividualSunFlowerShapesCreatingIllusionHillsAbstractWorking Together Author:John Newman
“All those moments spent in concetration will give you a terrific strength and with that strength you will cut aside all illusions.” GivingMomentsCuttingIllusionYogaTerrific Author:Frederick Lenz