Quotes about Illusion

Suffering causes us to scan our lives and face the fact that we control very little. So we mourn not only our suffering but also what it has forced us to admit about ourselves. Our loss of the illusion of control also adds to the fear that accompanies suffering.

One of the most dangerous delusions for each of us is the delusion of our own sovereignty. And one of our most dangerous idols is the idol of control.

reality isn't what it used to be.

The darkness does us a favor by exposing control as an illusion. When everything is removed, "Where can I take back some control here?" eventually ceases being the active question and is replaced with a plea: "Lord, help me let go of control. Help me die. Help me trust.

We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal.

But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.