289 Quotes About Delusion

Words of an old soul's heart,Portrayal of the matrix artTo break from the illusionOf your continuous delusionNo chapter good or bad,Not happy, neither sad.Attachement to desire,The heart sparks inner fire.

I believe God himself will someday debate with and answer every objection arrogant men can come up with against him; I believe he will humble us and humor himself. Know-it-alls, pseudo-intellectuals, militant anti-theists, for Christ's sake, or rather their own sake, best beware of getting roasted by their own medicine. Ah! Our delusions of trying to argue against an omniscient Creator.

We are all hopelessly addicted to the delusion that we are in control of anything.

There was somewhere, if you knew where to find it, some place where money could be made like drawing water from a well, some Big Rock Candy Mountain where life was effortless and rich and unrestricted and full of adventure and action, where something could be had for nothing.

We cannot achieve personal enlightenment – a clarification of our souls – until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life includes witnessing and personally experiencing pain.

Is it possible that even my latest fear is sheer delusion?

There are only two profound ways to reach enlightenment: Laugh by yourself, or get tickled.

The aftermath of bearing shackles is an exquisite devastation, fraught with the ravages of survival. Even though one is no longer held captive—be that from a person, a government, or one’s inner self—the scars are deeply engraved into one’s psyche, and there’s no remedy for the soul. Many have the misconception that freedom equals happiness forever and ever.That’s a wicked delusion.

The greatest offender is the one who commits no wrong. He is deluded.