Delusions Quotes

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From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the… — Dalai Lama
Irrational beliefs are culturally accepted delusions. — Robert Todd Carroll
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 it… — Sigmund Freud
Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view of the universe.… — Brooke Westcott
People compose the schedules they do out of the priorities they have; and someone who says otherwise is deceiving himself about what he really values.… — Kenny Smith
Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear. — Gautama Buddha
As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an… — Mark Twain
Take a good long look at human beings in their actual practices and motives; bring the utmost psychological and bio-economic factors to bear on making… — Kenny Smith
Patient acceptance is often considered a weak and passive response to problems that we do not have the power or courage to solve. In reality,… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
So who is God? No one can finally say. That is not within human competence. All we can ever say is how we believe we… — John Shelby Spong
Dreams without movement are delusions, escapes, kidâ€™s play. You have to put your feet into your dreams if theyâ€™re ever going to be reality. The… — Paul Newman
I donâ€™t believe in god. Thereâ€™s no proof he exists. In a world where there isnâ€™t even proof of the future, the past exists. Even… — Ryohgo Narita
The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be… — Dalai Lama
The concept of the "good ol' days" must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used… — Robert Foster Bennett
I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions. — Bjorn Ulvaeus
When I played pool I was like a good psychiatrist. I cured em of all their daydreams and delusions. — Rudolf Wanderone
There is no liberation to compare with freeing oneself from the illusions and delusions of the age in which one lives. — Terence McKenna
I know when I'm bad, I know when I'm good, and I know when I'm everything in between. I don't have any delusions of grandeur… — Bebe Neuwirth
No matter what the delusions are, parents do not really know their children — Manu Joseph

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