I am fascinated by people's flaws and delusions: all the messy bits of human nature we all try to pretend we don't… — Hattie Morahan Copy Share Image
“The last act was to infect me with nightmares and paranoid delusions that would take years of therapy and metabolism-wrecking medications to… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“If you're going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones.” — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“But I am a great pretender, sometimes so good at it that I convince myself that what I pretend is what is… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
“From what I can see of humans, you often destroy wonderful things in the pursuit of something that your delusions make you… — A.L. Davroe Copy Share Image
“The only difference between fiction and religion is that people don't kill themselves over fiction.” — Ahmed Mostafa Copy Share Image
Our delusions of omniscience play a role in our ideas of not only what we want but also what we want to… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions. — Horace Copy Share Image
Though many schizophrenics become curiously attached to their delusions, the fading of the nondelusional world puts them in loneliness beyond all reckoning,… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
With mania, is it dangerous to ride that euphoric feeling. You feel very animated and creative; I would fill journals with drawings.… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
“Delusion has its roots in pathology. It is a "false belief, held with absolute conviction, despite superior evidence." Delusion is a sign… — Corinne Mucha Copy Share Image
“There's nothing easier to control than a person who trusts you. They place their hope in your hands. They place their respect… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
“I've been at some pains to tell you about myself because among other reasons I think we should know who our enemies… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Don't create unbelief or doubt in people's minds. When you do so you ruin their lives and you have nothing to give… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
“Delusions are hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding insane people living in a backwards world.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Satan, who is a wonderful contriver of delusions, is constantly laying snares to entrap ignorant and heedless people. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“The Law shatters the self-made delusions about the goodness we offer and leaves us broken with nowhere to turn but the cross.” — R.J. Grunewald Copy Share Image
One of the greatest political delusions of our age was the idea that holding a referendum on our E.U. membership would settle… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
Paranoia is a state of heightened awareness. Most people are persecuted beyond their wildest delusions. — Claude Steiner Copy Share Image
“Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“In many ways, life is about managing your delusions; keeping the ones that nourish and eliminating the ones that poison.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people,… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I had no delusions about myself. I couldn't act - I had never acted. So how could I be a movie star? — Cyd Charisse Copy Share Image
If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones. — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“Negotiations with religious fanatics who have delusions of grandeur generally do not go well.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent of all delusions is the conviction that the source of our dissatisfaction lies outside ourselves. — B. Alan Wallace Copy Share Image
All delusions begin in the mind. All delusions are based on various ways we’re talking to ourselves and then believing what we… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
I seek the Will of the Spirit of God through, or in connection with, the Word of God. The Spirit and the… — George Muller Copy Share Image
“Thinking no more about it, he stepped off into that cool space, that fast descent to her, with nothing in his mind… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
Take a good long look at human beings in their actual practices and motives; bring the utmost psychological and bio-economic factors to… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“Do you still have any delusions? For instance, does the furniture threaten you like you said the bureau did at home?" "No,… — Barbara Field Benziger Copy Share Image
“Many do not have the courage to face the truth of life and instead dwell upon some delusions to escape it. Any… — Thomas Vazhakunnathu Copy Share Image
“If you're completely off your rocker and have delusions of grandeur in which your personal existence is of special significance to the… — Edward M. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that we’re unique… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
