A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities..

The greater the gap between self perception and reality, the more aggression is unleashed on those who point out the discrepancy.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge.

You cannot connect with anyone except through reality.

The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original. Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them.

The worldly life (sansar) is the thing created through delusion [wrong belief]. Therefore when you come to know about this wrong belief, it will go away.

Christians are called to set people free from the delusion of the world and from the devil's deceit

Love is not an obsession or a delusion. Love exists in longing and appreciation.

What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.

Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.

Delusion is the seed of dreams.

Whoever doubt is in state of delusion.

Doubt is a delusion.

Our ability to delude ourselves may be an important survival tool.

Elderly customers think they are fifteen years younger than they actually are.

You're obviously suffering from delusions of adequacy.