Delude Quotes

57 Delude quotes by 54 unique authors

It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being. Do not delude yourself… — Ramana Maharshi
I don't mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the unromantic… — Estelle Ramey
Solitude is nothing that one can choose or retrain from. We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it were… — Rainer Maria Rilke
How are you to meet the swarm of foolish attachments, triflings, and undesirable inclinations which beset you? By turning sharply away, and thoroughly renouncing such… — Saint Francis de Sales
The man whose silent daysIn harmless joys are spent,Whom hopes cannot delude,Nor sorrow discontent:That man needs neither towersNor armour for defence,Nor secret vaults to flyFrom… — Thomas Campion
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool. — Jane Wagner
We delude ourselves into believing that morality comes from somewhere else, whereas in reality we behave as we've been told to behave. — Greg Graffin
Not everyone is willing to embrace liberty; liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as… — Terry Goodkind
When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find… — Tom Robbins
We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses… — Edward R. Murrow
Man's ability to delude himself is infinite. — Kinky Friedman
It is difficult to see ourselves as we are. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have good friends, lovers or others who will do us… — Jon Katz
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the… — D. A. Carson
But shortcuts are dangerous; we cannot delude ourselves that our knowledge is further along than it actually is. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to… — Alice Miller
We start off with high hopes, then we bottle it. We realise that we’re all going to die, without really finding out the big answers.… — Irvine Welsh
Love is rarely flawless,” Carter pointed out. “Humans delude themselves by thinking it has to be. It is the imperfection that makes love perfect. — Richelle Mead
Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot reality anymore. — Richelle Mead
Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot reality anymore. " he turned from… — Richelle Mead
So that it must be only by the imagination that Satan has access to the soul, to tempt and delude it, or suggest anything to… — Jonathan Edwards
The academic bias against subjectivity not only forces our students to write poorly ("It is believed...," instead of, "I believe..."), it deforms their thinking about… — Parker J. Palmer
There's no way you can get the past right. You can pretend. You can delude yourself, but you can't re-create what's over. — Chuck Palahniuk
Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right… — Elif Safak
It's much easier to get over someone if you can delude yourself into thinking you never really cared that much. — Nora Ephron
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom. — Amity Shlaes

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