A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
We labor under the great delusion that we are in control. Silly humans.
All of us had problems, it seemed, whose sources were untraceable, crossing over one another like the trajectories of countless raindrops in a storm, blending to create a fog of delusion and counter-delusion. Powerful forces and connections were undo...
There is an anaesthetic of familiarity, a sedative of ordinariness which dulls the senses and hides the wonder of existence. For those of us not gifted in poetry, it is at least worth while from time to time making an effort to shake off the anaesthe...
I used to think I was a singer; I had my own delusions about it.
Strong delusions travel like cold germs on a sneeze.
It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.
Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.
Despite our very recent appearance on the planet, humanity combines arrogance with increasing material demands, even as we become more numerous. Our toughness is a delusion. Have we the intelligence and discipline to vigilantly guard against our tend...
I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.
I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions.
The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
Belief and delusion are incestuous siblings.
We chart delusions through collective agreement.
Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself.
The only relationships that exist are based on truth. Everything else is just a mutual and isolating delusion.
What Albert Einstein termed optical delusion, The Indians termed Maya or Illusion.
Beauty is the replication and duplication of mind’s delusion. It is not uniqueness or exceptionality; it is the mentality of belonging and fitting in.
The possibility of truth has become a delusion to those who made their own disguise the truth.
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
