We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds…

As for the various religions, there's no doubt that they are very meaningful to adherents, and allow them to delude themselves into thinking there…

— Noam Chomsky

Women are women, and so are men, and the delusion that we are spiritually separate from or are about to spiritually separate from the…

— Anohni

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

— Claude Steiner

“Someone who has the delusion Glass, is made of, does not literally believe herself to be made of glass but rather feels fragile and…

— Scarlett Thomas

I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work.…

— Khaled Hosseini

I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.

— Sean Parker

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

It is a great delusion to suppose that flesh-meat of any kind is essential to health. Considerably more than three parts of the work…

— Catherine Booth

Atheism Explained is a gem. It is clear, informative, well-argued, provocative, often witty, and unfailingly interesting. David Ramsay Steele ranges over so many issues…

— Jeremy Shearmur

“we shouldn’t surrender our real world perception to a false reality too much or we may suffer the inevitable consequences of deluded thinking. Technology…

— M.P. Neary

The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,…

— Tom Robbins

The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality in principle leaving only the details to be filled in.

— Rupert Sheldrake

It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them…

— Christopher Hitchens

If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labour, entertainment…

— Jim Rohn

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

— Ludwig Borne