Self Delusion Quotes

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There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation… — Jimmy Carter
The great paradox of determinism and free will, which has held the attention of the wisest of philosophers and psychologists for generations, can be phrased… — E. O. Wilson
A form of self-delusion. — Elbert Hubbard
Love is the self-delusion we manufacture to justify the trouble we take to have sex. — Daniel S. Greenberg
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion — Calvin Coolidge
The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist. The vast majority… — George Galloway
The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering. — Michael Shermer
If the awareness of our limitations begins to limit or to dim our value consciousness as wellâ€”as happens, for instance, in old age with regard… — Max Scheler
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope. — Irving Layton
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and… — James Russell Lowell
When you are filled with soul energy you become magnetic." 11 Teachings to help on the journey to Soul Realization: (1) Practive humility; (2) Give… — Choa Kok Sui
I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm. — Marcus Aurelius
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
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for… — Calvin Coolidge
We cannot move casually into a better future. We cannot casually pursue the goal we have set for ourselves. A goal that is casually pursued… — Jim Rohn
I'd actually love to think that I could trust Kerry on national security. But the only way I could do that, at this point, would… — Glenn Reynolds
A woman wishes to mother a man simply because she sees into his helplessness, his need of an amiable environment, his touching self-delusion. — H. L. Mencken
Men, unlike mockingbirds, have the capacity for systematic self-delusion. We echo each other with equal precision, equal eloquence, equal assurance. — Robert Ardrey
I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else. — Daniel Day-Lewis
We all need a bit of self-delusion. It gets us over the difficult spots. — John Ralston Saul

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