289 Quotes About Delusion

Corruption in any institution can only take hold, if organised elements within it act on delusional beliefs that do not benefit the whole.

He informed Byrdie that his social engineering ambitions betrayed all the delusions of grandeur that you might expect from the son of a poet.

He wanted to live in a house built on delusion, would rather believe in a million lies than face one truth.—Seven Circles Around the Sea, by Mordove Senia

Some of the facts we are denying we were told by our very own eyes.

The sad truth about bigotry is that most bigots either don't realize that they are bigots, or they convince themselves that their bigotry is perfectly justified.

Doubt is a delusion.

The only thing that makes life unfair is the delusion that it should be fair.

Gen-Ys are delusional; Most people are not special—otherwise “special” wouldn’t mean anything. Even right now, most of Gen-Ys reading this are thinking, “Good point. But I actually am one of the few special ones”—and this is the problem.

For everyone nowadays knows, absolutely certain, that nothing will ever happen to me. Others die, I go on.