Being Quote by Yasutani Roshi

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

— Hakuun Yasutani

“No more lies and speeches of delusions out of the reality of our existence”

— Mazigh Buzakhar

“A Zendo is not a peaceful haven but a furnace room for the combustion of our egotistical delusions.”

— Eido Roshi

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here (pointing to himself) and you are out there.

— James H. Austin

“And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.”

— The Noble Quran 3:185

The fundamental delusion of human beings is the belief that we exist separately and independently from the rest of the universe.

— Reb Anderson

“Each of us believes, quite unconsciously of course, that he alone pursues the truth, which the rest are incapable of seeking out and unworthy…

— Emil Cioran

“At each moment, our seemingly objective world emerges from the dancing of consciousness with a single untruth: that there is something out there which…

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“The most obstinate beliefs that mortals entertain about themselves are such as they have no evidence for beyond a constant, spontaneous pulsing of their…

— George Eliot

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

— John Baxter

“The more you realize, the more you realize there is nothing to realize. The idea that there's somewhere we have got to get to,…

— Tenzin Palmo

“Zen would have our perception of the world, indeed our very thoughts, be nonverbal.”

— Thomas Hoover