For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities –a willing movement of a mans soul with the larger sweep of the worlds forces –a movement towards a more assured end than the chances of a single life. – George Eliot
It isnt safe to sit in judgment upon another persons illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet. – Mark Twain
I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and there will be about 2 billion by the time were dead. Theyre not going to give up their religion. – Chris Matthews