There is an untroubled harmony in everything, a full consonance in nature; only in our illusory freedom do we feel at variance with it. From LearnThat.org. [Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873), Russian poet.]
Instead of entering into an intermediate state, the yogi rises from the death state in what we call an illusory body, in place of the intermediate state. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Of Clear Light] Reference
If we give up some short-term illusory growth as a side effect of curtailing their activities, this is a small price to pay. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
I wasn't calling the illusory white guilt, sinister. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
Thus the world, though called illusory, is not wholly intractable. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Reason] Reference
An explanation of many sensory illusions may be found in the so-called illusory lines. From Wordnik.com. [Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students] Reference
This is known as the illusory dance of forms and emptiness, or the inseparability of awareness and the shining void. From Wordnik.com. [Who and What Is Buddha, Really?] Reference
It's like some kind of illusory safe zone where people feel free to do whatever caprice dictates. From Wordnik.com. [The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Death] Reference
Much of the financial profits of the last decade were "illusory" in any case and are bound to diminish, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Wall Street's Faustian Bargain With Washington] Reference
I wonder what kind of illusory bubble they are in. From Wordnik.com. [The Union - All Categories] Reference
Nearly 9m tonnes of claimed reductions could be 'illusory'. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to End of car scrappage schemes marks a tough year for manufacturers] Reference
The "illusory" profits Bethany McLean speaks of has another synonym. From Wordnik.com. [NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS] Reference
Amicas has rejected the Merge offer, which it describes as "illusory" and "risky" for Amicas shareholders. From Wordnik.com. [AuntMinnie.com Headlines]
Existing terms were 'illusory' because of the threat that future changes could apply retroactively, the court found. From Wordnik.com. [The Register] Reference
Nearly 9m tonnes of claimed reductions could be 'illusory' emissions down as company says it will no longer offset carbon. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Why vote for Cameron? Just look to Australia's Abbott] Reference
Claims by the government that the databases make the provision of public services such as health easier are dismissed as "illusory". From Wordnik.com. [RINF Alternative News Media: Daily Breaking News] Reference
"illusory" expenses and should be refunded to millions of clients. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Good, but the safety that brings will be illusory. From Wordnik.com. [Setting a Bad Example] Reference
It was an illusory statement, but it wasn't a lie. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew] Reference
The genuineness was unfakable; the reality was illusory. From Wordnik.com. [The King Of The Cowboys] Reference
But the promise has been illusory for some angry motorists. From Wordnik.com. [City Tries to Collect on Bus-Stop Tickets] Reference
Do you realize in the retelling that the lizards, too, are illusory?. From Wordnik.com. [Non-Self: Light, Dark] Reference
Student improvement on state tests was either illusory or fraudulent. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Singer: Bloomberg and Klein Fail the Test] Reference
His born-again Iraqi war lingers on, a fleeting and possibly illusory victory. From Wordnik.com. [‘The American Religion’] Reference
Nor would he support the illusory search for "moral values" in a complex world. From Wordnik.com. [THE AMERICANS WE MOST ADMIRE] Reference
Arafat's moment in the sun, meanwhile, is likely to prove fleeting, even illusory. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Breakdown] Reference
When you look through the bottle, it plays with the light and creates illusory image. From Wordnik.com. [Master Builder] Reference
Eastern religions have argued for millennia that birth and death are equally illusory. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Lanza, M.D.: Why You're Alive and Can Never Die: The Larger Scientific Picture] Reference
The idea that we can juice up the economy next month or next quarter seems to me illusory. From Wordnik.com. [Week In Politics: Economy, Midterms] Reference
Perhaps our sense of control over advertisements was illusory to begin with, even in our living rooms. From Wordnik.com. [NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE] Reference
The invention of the cell phone has confirmed New Yorkers 'illusory sense of their own personal space. From Wordnik.com. [TALKING PAST ONE ANOTHER] Reference
Gains were often illusory (because they simply reflected inflation) but created the impression of success. From Wordnik.com. [Cheerleaders Vs. The Grumps] Reference
To London's dismay, the Sangatte camp has become a last staging post on the road to an illusory land of plenty. From Wordnik.com. [View From Europe's 'Tijuana'] Reference
Even theoretically simpatico titles such as Vogue and Cosmo pander to an airbrushed and illusory size-zero culture. From Wordnik.com. [Pornography is far too complicated to distil into a smart T-shirt slogan] Reference
But while the glorified Isle of Guy makes many men feel inadequate, its attractions are often illusory — or worse. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Am Leaving Guyland] Reference
"" Accurate memories appear to retrieve sensory details that are not available to us in illusory memories, '' says Reiman. From Wordnik.com. [You Must Remember This] Reference
But Mr. Sanchez's uneven August makes Jets fans fear that January will prove to be as illusory as Tony Eason's was 25 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Sanchez's Terrific January Seems Like Ages Ago] Reference
"This should make obvious how illusory it is to think that the consumption of tuna by lots of people can ever be 'sustainable.'". From Wordnik.com. [China has world's largest 'SeafoodPrint'; U.S. ranks third] Reference
All this shows how illusory it is to speak of 'white' light as synonymous with simple light, in distinction to 'coloured' light. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Yet, this discharge is almost illusory for no sooner than we are relieved are we faced with the need to do this over and over again. From Wordnik.com. [Srinivasan Pillay: Fear, Sex and the Quest for More] Reference
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