289 Quotes About Delusion

I rather be a stupid person wanting clarification and answers, in order to be wiser, than be a stupid person that blindly believes the lies they are told, without question.

I will always choose the agony of knowledge over the bliss of ignorance.

I think delusion -- in a sense -- is the proper way of life and living sometimes. Since you can't always be grounded on truthhood or falsehood on every account, delusion seemingly acts as an intermediary or "equalizing glue" for the gaps of the unknown or unacceptable, among other things.

Delusions, carefully implanted, are difficult to correct.

Delusions are the rafters of reality.

That the self advances and confirms the myriad things is called delusion. That the myriad things advance and confirm the self is enlightenment.

My father taught me that you can you read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action.

How blind is the delusion that the greatness of a man is measured by his living; rather, it’s always by his giving.

To deny the reality is to be exposed to strong delusion.