Gain is delusion; loss is enlightenment.

In their confusion and delusion, men hate the womb that gives them birth. Not all men, certainly , but enough men to run the world.

— Frederick Lenz

Its taken 14 billion years for matter to gain the capacity to become conscious of itself. If this is true, it wouldn't make any…

— Andrew Cohen

Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We need to develop meditation…

— Ajahn Chah

Each river is different, but they all eventually lead to the ocean. No matter what we’re doing or when, or whether it brings us…

— Chris Prentiss

An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's job is…

— Frederick Lenz

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