“In their confusion and delusion, men hate the womb that gives them birth. Not all men, certainly , but enough men to run the world.” MenWorldGivingEnoughRunningHateWomenBirthEnlightenmentConfusionDelusionWomb Author:Frederick Lenz
“God is true. The universe is a dream. Blessed am I that I know this moment that I have been and shall be free all eternity; ... that I know that I am worshiping only myself; that no nature, no delusion, had any hold on me. Vanish nature from me, vanish these gods; vanish worship; ... vanish superstitions, for I know myself. I am the Infinite. All these - Mrs. So-and-so, Mr. So-and-so, responsibility, happiness, misery - have vanished. I am the Infinite. How can there be death for me, or birth? Whom shall I fear? I am the One. Shall I be afraid of myself? Who is to be afraid of whom?” KnowsHas BeensMomentsDreamMotivationalUniverseResponsibilityBirthWorshipEternityInfiniteBlessedMiseryDelusionSuperstitions Author:Swami Vivekananda
“Donald Trump doesn't have clear contact with reality, though I'm not sure it qualifies as a bona fide delusion. He needs things to be a certain way even though they aren't, and that's one reason he lies. There can also be a conscious manipulative element to it. When he put forward, and politically thrived on, the falsehood of President Obama's birth in Kenya, outside the United States, he was manipulating that lie as well as undoubtedly believing it in part, at least in a segment of his personality.” BelieveReasonRealityLyingPresidentPersonalityBirthConsciousNot SureDelusionPresident ObamaFalsehoodManipulative Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.” ChildrenMotherOpinionBirthGoodnessDelusionAdsDrowning Book:Time Enough for Love Source: Time Enough for Love
“The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, universal, and inescapable. We all know this, but we would rather not know it. The artist is present to correct the delusions to which we are all prey in our attempts to avoid this knowledge." - James Baldwin, "The Creative Process” KnowsStatesArtistSufferingProcessCreativeBirthUniversalExtremesDelusionCreative ProcessPreyLove And Death Author:James A. Baldwin
“Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth” PeopleMenHumansSufferingParentMemoriesHuman BeingsForgetPowerfulPowerParticularBirthCertaintyDelusionTraitsPsychoticInfamyNo MemoryPowerful Man Author:Stephen Vizinczey
“Oh son, watch the illusory spectacle! All birth and death is projected by delusion, not existing in reality. I am beyond coming and going.” RealityWatchesSonBirthBuddhistDelusionIllusoryBirth And Death Author:Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro