Better Quote by Carl Sagan

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

— Carl Sagan

“Nietzsche mourns the loss of “man’s belief in his dignity, his uniqueness, his irreplace-ability in the scheme of existence.” For me, it is far…

— Carl Sagan

I find the universe so staggering that I just don't have any faith in my ability to grasp it.

— Robert Anton Wilson

“Practicality rules our perceptions. To survive, our tiny brains need to tame the blizzard of delusion generator information that threatens to overwhelm us. Our…

— Scott Adams

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

— Ludwig Borne

I still partially suffer from the delusion that if you explain things logically and systematically, most people will abandon their emotional prejudices and respond…

— Jim Goad

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

— Michael Shermer

The greatest of all human delusions is that there is a tangible goal, and not just direction towards an ideal aim. The idea that…

— Stephen Spender

My life is devoted to self-delusion - and I have a great capacity for that - but it's the thing that gives me the…

— Daniel Day-Lewis

I know I am delusional at times, but I'm not completely-out-of-touch delusional.

— Adam Rippon

The sense that my world is stable and stationary, that change will never come and that all will go on continuously as it is,…

— Brenda Shoshanna

The fundamental delusion of human beings is the belief that we exist separately and independently from the rest of the universe.

— Reb Anderson