289 Quotes About Delusion

Delusional or not, maybe if I believe in a better world with enough conviction, and convince others to believe it as well, then it will be real.

...The lonely fancy that had not fact to feed on, nor the fancy of any other for fellowship, was for its loneliness mad.

The court system is the graveyard where Trump's fanciful delusions will be laid to rest.

I love our judicial system; It's where Trump's fanciful delusions go to die.

Wahrheit ist ein Wort des Glaubens. Niemand vermag grausamer zu sein, als jene, die im Namen der Wahrheit handeln. Sie handeln auch im Namen der Gerechtigkeit.

In reading The History of Nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities, their seasons of excitement and recklessness, when they care not what they do. We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first.

It's always a delusion when I see what you don't want to see (Nicole to Dick).

You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission.

All people express a fondness for truth and sincerity, yet many people prefer to live with their illusions and delusions. A person’s sincere desire to believe only what is true oftentimes does not trump their ingrained resistance to truths that fail to coincide with their deeply held desires. People reject truth because it undercuts what they wish was true and despise or discredit anyone whom offers a different version of truth than they are prepared to accept.