Ability Quote by Thomas Paine

If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many…

— Ezra Pound

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

— John Locke

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers…

— Samuel Johnson

“The human capacity for self-delusion is limitless”

— Sarah Fine

Man is so made that by continually telling him he is a fool he believes it, and by continually telling it to himself he…

— Blaise Pascal

Men, unlike mockingbirds, have the capacity for systematic self-delusion. We echo each other with equal precision, equal eloquence, equal assurance.

— Robert Ardrey

It is fit for a man to know his own abilities and weaknesses, and not think himself obliged to imitate all that he thinks…

— Robert Boyle

“Man is not capable of thought in any high degree, and even the most spiritual and highly cultivated of men habitually sees the world…

— Hermann Hesse

He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.

— Pope Leo I

When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.

— Vernon Howard

Men have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true…

— Al-Ghazali

“Practicality rules our perceptions. To survive, our tiny brains need to tame the blizzard of delusion generator information that threatens to overwhelm us. Our…

— Scott Adams