Capacity Quote by John Steinbeck

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

— Michael Shermer

“The human capacity for self-delusion is limitless”

— Sarah Fine

“Our capacity for self-delusion appears almost infinite.”

— John Baxter

Never underestimate the human capacity for delusion.

— Roger Cohen

We all need a bit of self-delusion. It gets us over the difficult spots.

— John Ralston Saul

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so its no problem for me to believe that Im somebody else.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of…

— John Twelve Hawks

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 are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more significant characteristic…

— Michael Crichton

Self-delusion is one of the funniest things there is.

— Douglas Coupland

There are many kinds of delusion.

— Michael Ende

It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.

— Bertrand Russell