Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to…

Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism…

— Alan Barth

The humanities teach us the value, even for business, of criticism and dissent. When there's a culture of going along to get along, where…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

“The U.S. media do not function in the manner of the propaganda system of a totalitarian state. Rather, they permit indeed encourage spirited debate,…

— Noam Chomsky

“Neurotics, proceed with delusions of grandeur. Napoleon Bonaparte, take the lead. Jesus Christ, bring up the rear. Simulate severe depression. Non-communicative with repressed hostility.”

— Samuel R. Delany

“Fear cripples our minds and breeds delusions”

— Meredith Duran

“In many ways, life is about managing your delusions; keeping the ones that nourish and eliminating the ones that poison.”

— Steve Maraboli

“If you're completely off your rocker and have delusions of grandeur in which your personal existence is of special significance to the rest of…

— Edward M. Wolfe

Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.

— Victor LaValle

One of the most persistent of all delusions is the conviction that the source of our dissatisfaction lies outside ourselves.

— B. Alan Wallace

Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear.

— Gautama Buddha

When someone is delusional, there is no point wasting time responding to their delusions.

— Kourtney Kardashian

Paranoia is a state of heightened awareness. Most people are persecuted beyond their wildest delusions.

— Claude Steiner

“Thinking no more about it, he stepped off into that cool space, that fast descent to her, with nothing in his mind but a…

— Patricia Highsmith

The religions of mankind must be classed among the mass-delusions of this kind. No one, needless to say, who shares a delusion ever recognizes…

— Sigmund Freud

“From what I can see of humans, you often destroy wonderful things in the pursuit of something that your delusions make you think is…

— A.L. Davroe