We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.
Daniel J. BoorstinThrought human history, illusions of knowledge, not ignorance, have proven to be the principal obstacles to discovery
Daniel J. BoorstinIn the small town each citizen had done something in his own way to build the community. The town booster had a vision of the future which he tried to fulfill. The suburb dweller by contrast started with the future
Daniel J. BoorstinThe courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.
Daniel J. Boorstin