Delusion Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I don't pretend to any exemption from the general lot of parental delusion-I mean that like most other parents I see my child through…

— Sara Coleridge

Our envy always outlives the felicity of its object.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.

— Sean Parker

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

It is a great delusion to suppose that flesh-meat of any kind is essential to health. Considerably more than three parts of the work…

— Catherine Booth

Atheism Explained is a gem. It is clear, informative, well-argued, provocative, often witty, and unfailingly interesting. David Ramsay Steele ranges over so many issues…

— Jeremy Shearmur

“we shouldn’t surrender our real world perception to a false reality too much or we may suffer the inevitable consequences of deluded thinking. Technology…

— M.P. Neary

The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,…

— Tom Robbins

The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality in principle leaving only the details to be filled in.

— Rupert Sheldrake