For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl SaganTags: science truth knowledge religion understanding cosmology delusion
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.
Ambrose BierceTags: humor philosopher delusion lunatics
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
Leo TolstoyTags: wisdom lies beauty goodness self-deception delusion
There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time.
Jostein GaarderThat looks like a tree, let's call it a tree,' said Coyote to Earthmaker at the beginning, and they walked around the rootdrinker patting their bellies.
Jack KerouacTags: delusion names uncut-block yggdrasil
In making even horizontal and clear inspections we colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in.
Thomas HardyTags: perception delusion
The first time he had taken the massa to one of these "high-falutin' to-dos," as Bell called them, Kunta had been all but overwhelmed by conflicting emotions: awe, indignation, envy, contempt, fascination, revulsion—but most of all a deep loneliness and melancholy from which it took him almost a week to recover. He couldn't believe that such incredible wealth actually existed, that people really lived that way. It took him a long time, and a great many more parties, to realize that they didn't live that way, that it was all strangely unreal, a kind of beautiful dream the white folks were having, a lie they were telling themselves: that goodness can come from badness, that it's possible to be civilized with one another without treating as human beings those whose blood, sweat, and mother's milk made possible the life of privilege they led.
Alex HaleyTags: wealth delusion privilege slavery
In an era of stress and anxiety, when the present seems unstable and the future unlikely, the natural response is to retreat and withdraw from reality, taking recourse either in fantasies of the future or in modified visions of a half-imagined past.
Alan MooreTags: psychology uncertainty delusion angst conservatism anxiety
Delusion detests focus and romance provides the veil.
Suzanne FinnamoreTags: romance marriage relationships delusion infidelity divorce seperation cheating
I saw my reflection in their eyes, but not the men themselves, not clearly. This preserved the idea that all intelligent and even vaguely attractive men were essentially good. Delusion detest focus and romance provides the veil.
Suzanne FinnamoreTags: men marriage relationships delusion infidelity divorce seperation cheating
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