{"author":"Lionel Suggs","author_id":"Lionel+Suggs","total_quotes":157,"quotes":[{"text":"Why does truth carry such a dreadful face? Why does subjugation carry such a happy mask? It becomes sad when people understand that they can lead a better life as long as they bow their heads, ignoring the truth.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["perception","truth","way-of-living"],"id":641,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"The illusion is reality. The only contradiction is the observer.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["illusion","perception","reality"],"id":1219,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"Once you hold the hand of Death, the only thing in life that can scare you is a sense of humor.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["death","irony"],"id":1594,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"Unlike humanity, my mind isn't so frail as to simply climb under gravity and submit to God.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["atheism","god","nay-theist","overcoming-obstacles","pride"],"id":3557,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"I didn't know the value of creation until I did it. Once I tasted imagination, I knew that I was trapped. I knew that I could never look back. At this point in my life, reality simply isn't enough for me. Dreams simply aren't enough for me. I need something more. I need to live in imagination. I need to become imagination.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["imagination"],"id":12321,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"Isn't it funny how true peace describes war and chaos?","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["chaos","peace","war"],"id":14709,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"I find it sad that too many do not understand themselves, or their potential. They don't even take the time to get to know their unconsciousness. You can truly learn so much, by simply getting to know the 'you' that is behind the reality of yourself.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["inner-self","self-importance","self-improvement"],"id":24660,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"I know that I am not always right to the perception of some, but I am not daunted of being wrong. That's the effectiveness of confidence.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["confidence"],"id":28125,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"Look at a full vivid painting, and look at an empty picture. If you can immediately see an entire universe within the empty picture, and absolutely nothing in the vivid painting, clarity is your friend. If you immediately see a full vivid painting and an empty picture, and see them for what they are, slavery is your friend.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["clarity","imagination","perception","truth"],"id":29337,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"},{"text":"When God broke his deal with me, I turned to the Devil. In the end, I wasn't happy. I realized that the imagination of a perfect being was more limited than that of the imperfect one. Color me unimpressed by the Actus Purus.","author":"Lionel Suggs","tags":["imagination"],"id":33103,"author_id":"Lionel+Suggs"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":157,"pages":16,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}