Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
"This is no world. It is God Himself. In delusion we call it world."
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Delusion
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Ramana Maharshi
Spiritual Teacher
"Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized."
Edward Abbey
Author, Environmentalist
"Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion."
Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"Our part is to pursue with steadiness what is right, turning neither to right nor left for the intrigues or popular delusions of the day, assured that the public approbation will in the end be with us."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"Dispel not, the happy delusions of children."
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"When all else fails there's always delusion."
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"The illusion that we are separate from one another is an optical delusion of our consciousness."
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"How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?"
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"In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane."
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"Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is a 'me,' which is distinct from things, is a delusion."
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"Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less, because they are universal."
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"It is a popular delusion that the scientific enquirer is under an obligation not to go beyond generalisation of observed facts...but anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond the facts, rarely get as far."
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"Ideation without execution is delusion"
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"It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here."
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"What delusion has come over me? What sweet madness has seized me?"
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"Daydreams are the delusions of the devil."
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"There is nothing more deceptive, more grandeur, than the delusion of a single man."
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"It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth."
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"The best any human can do is to pick a delusion that helps him get through the day"
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"The human mind is a delusion generator, not a window to trurh."
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"I don't have the delusion that I'm the best or have the right answer. Whenever someone is out there pissed at you or me, they don't even know you or I. What they are really pissed at is themselves. You might have total respect for them but they don't respect themselves."
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"The effect is delusion, and therefore the cause must be delusion."
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"And what is happy? It is a going always on. There is something better to be done than I have done, and spurred by the fair delusion of progress, I will seek to progress, to whip myself on, to more and more- to learning. Always."
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"Space enthusiasts are the most susceptible demographic to delusion that I have ever seen."
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"Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it."
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