„I find men victims of illusions in all parts oflife. Children, youths, adults and old men, all are led by one bauble or another. Yoganidra, the goddess of illusion, is stronger than the Titans, stronger than Apollo.“

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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„And how much better to die in all the happy period of undisillusioned youth, to go out in a blaze of light, than to have your body worn out and old and illusions shattered.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.“
— C.G. Jung
„Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. No hope so bright but is the beginning of its own fulfilment.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„Perhaps, but you would not exist without a woman, would you? However little use you may find us, we are cleverer and more determined and more patient than men. Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Men do not move mountains; it is only necessary to create the illusion that mountains move.“
— Benito Mussolini
„The real butches are straight … dealing with and controlling men makes you stronger.“
— Camille Paglia