Belief Quote by Anthony Storr

A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.

— Richard Dawkins

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just…

— Anthony Storr

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just…

— Anthony Storr

Delusion: belief said to be false by someone who does not share it.

— Thomas Szasz

Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion.

— Richard Dawkins

Delusional people tend to believe in what they're doing.

— Brent Weeks

There are many kinds of delusion.

— Michael Ende

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

“Delusion has its roots in pathology. It is a "false belief, held with absolute conviction, despite superior evidence." Delusion is a sign you are…

— Corinne Mucha

“Delusions create the most compelling of beliefs.”

— Amish Tripathi

The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering.

— Michael Shermer

It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.

— Bertrand Russell