The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely stands in a lonely place

Rob the average man of his life-illusion and you rob him also of his happiness

The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.

Most of the folks who come, they're not truly homeless. They just don't have much, and some are just lonely.

The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature. He judges more sanely, he sees things as they are. It is in this that his liberty consists / in the ability to see clearly and soberly, in the power of mental record.

Unworthiness is the inmost frightening thought that you do not belong, no matter how much you want to belong, that you are an outsider and will always be an outsider. It is the idea that you are flawed and cannot be fixed. It is wanting to be loved and feeling unlovable, or wanting to love and feeling that you are not capable of loving.