“Correct the blunders on your face made through self-delusion – this would be far more fitting than to want to teach me,… — Luella Christie Copy Share Image
Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular… — John Twelve Hawks Copy Share Image
Writing is the perfect balance between self-confidence and self-doubt, with a bit of self-delusion thrown in. — Judith Kelman Copy Share Image
We are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“So perhaps happiness is synchronising one’s personal delusions of meaning with the prevailing collective delusions. As long as my personal narrative is… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
We cannot move casually into a better future. We cannot casually pursue the goal we have set for ourselves. A goal that… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
“The Norweigian philosopher Tonnesen said that to think about anything but death is evasion. Society, art, culture, the whole of civilisation is… — Sven Lindqvist Copy Share Image
“Once, maybe I would have thought you a fool, but...well, that's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion? You… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist.… — George Galloway Copy Share Image
Sometimes the strongest heart is the weakest. The boldest person is the most coward. The outside of you can't define what you… — Tresa Sebastian Copy Share Image
Each memory was brought to life before me and within me. I could not avoid them. Neither could I rationalize, explain away.… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
You don't have to be Dave Halberstam to see that the American role in both conflicts [the Iraq war and the Vietnam… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
“Coolidge explained the inherent dangers in the office of President of the United States, especially when one person remains in the White… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As for the myths, take anyone's life and deny that most of it is deliberate self-delusion - an aggrandizement - a mixture… — Timothy Findley Copy Share Image
An honorable human relationship- that is, one in which two people have the right to use the word "love"- is a process,… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“A veteran, calm and assured, he pauses for a well-measured moment in the doorway of the office and then, boldly, clearly, with… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
The atheist view is correspondingly life-affirming and life-enhancing, while at the same time never being tainted with self-delusion, wishful thinking, or the… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Politicians or pundits can distort or cherry-pick climate science any way they want to try and gain temporary influence with the public.… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Our brains are very, very good at self-delusion. What happens is, it releases the stress hormone cortisol in the brain, which leads… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
A direct statement about yourself is considered objective only if it is negative. If it's positive, it is considered subjective. And 'objective'… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
When we are high on our ego we are suffering from self-delusion, and self-delusion always leads to confusion and turmoil. Therefore respect… — Anil SInha Copy Share Image
No one can genuinely love the world, which is too large to love entire. To love all the world at once is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“We all know dogmatists who are more concerned about holding their opinions than about investigating their truth. ... if they are mistaken,… — David L. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Fox News seems much more conservative than it is because no other television network over the past half-century has been anything but… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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