I've often thought that there isn't any "I" at all; that we are simply the means of expression of something else; that… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
And this is what has taken place. The delusion of the day is to enrich all classes at the expense of each… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
The ignorant soul bride wanders in delusion, in the love of duality, she sits like a widow. She sits like a widow,… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
If we aim for what is no longer possible, we will achieve only delusion and frustration. But if we aim for genuinely… — Richard Heinberg Copy Share Image
You don't come to live here unless the delusion of a reality shaped around your own desires isn't a strong aspect of… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Feminists amuse me more than illusionists. They are the only type of people that can make an illogical argument seem even more… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily… — Alan Barth Copy Share Image
I need to learn not to bend over backwards to be nice to faith-heads. Give these people an inch and they take… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Nothing is so convenient as a decisive argument ... which must at least silence the most arrogant bigotry and superstition, and free… — David Hume Copy Share Image
When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
This building we're in has doors and windows. If we close the doors and windows, we can't get out. People lock themselves… — Bill Porter Copy Share Image
Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model" -- or grid, or map,… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“Women, porn assets, whether they know it or not, are objects They are whores. These whores deserve to be dominated and abused.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
If the Bible is not the Word of God and inspired, the whole of Christendom for 1800 years has been under an… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I profoundly admire Aldous Huxley, both for his philosophy and uncompromising sincerity. But I disagree with his advocacy of 'the chemical opening… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today give up false mental attachments and beliefs! Free yourself from the delusion that anything external can fulfill the hunger of your… — Michael Beckwith Copy Share Image
“I saw my reflection in their eyes, but not the men themselves, not clearly. This preserved the idea that all intelligent and… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“The notion of loving oneself has gotten an undeservedly bad rap, which goes something like this: self-love is narcissistic, selfish, self-indulgent, the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
As priestcraft was always the enemy of knowledge, because priestcraft supports itself by keeping people in delusion and ignorance, it was consistent… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
There are many today who believe that there are people running around this world right now who are performing greater miracles, performing… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“The more you realize, the more you realize there is nothing to realize. The idea that there's somewhere we have got to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I don't have the delusion that I'm the best or have the right answer. Whenever someone is out there pissed at you… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
It is practically an axiom in psychiatry that precocious intellect combined with physical weakness can give rise to many unpleasant character traits… — Sam Savage Copy Share Image
Forms of energy from nature gave my father trouble. He refused to believe he was going to die. He had these weird… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
Every time I think I’m getting wiser, more in control of my actions, I go slamming into a situation that makes me… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“When you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is improvisation of the heart; anything less is a… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
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“if you live in a culture that to a large extent equates self-worth with how much and what you have, if you… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
He that expects to quantify in dollars the gains that will accrue to a company year by year for a program for… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Let no Christian parents fall into the delusion that Sunday School is intended to ease them of their personal duties. The first… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I recalled the voice I had heard; again I questioned whence it came, as vainly as before: it seemed in me not… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I have no delusions that I'm the only source of improving people's lives or that I'm even the right source. My style… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Peace purchased at the cost of any part of our national integrity is fit only for slaves, and even when purchased for… — William Borah Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, human beings have been obsessed with beauty, truth, love, honor, altruism, courage, social relationships, art, and God. They… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
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