“Herein lies a riddle: How can a people so gifted by God become so seduced by naked power, so greedy for money, so addicted to violence, so slavish before mediocre and treacherous leadership, so paranoid, deluded, lunatic?” PeopleLyingViolenceTyrannyNakedTyrantsGiftedMediocreGreedyLunaticParanoidRiddleTreacherousDeluded Author:Philip Berrigan
“In the inheritance, I seek to dramatically distinguish between genuine, authentic Christianity on the one hand, and counterfeit, alternative spirituality on the other hand. One of my primary purposes is to demonstrate that there are two kingdoms operating in the earth today, the genuine, superior kingdom of Jesus Christ, which reigns supreme, and the counterfeit, occult kingdom of the enemy, which, through extreme subtlety, has led millions of deluded souls astray.” TwoSoulHandsTodayEarthPurposeSpiritualityJesusChristChristianityEnemyMillionsJesus ChristExtremesSupremeGenuineKingdomsSuperiorsAlternativesPrimariesReignInheritanceOccultSubtletyDeludedCounterfeitAuthentic Christianity Author:Brian Williams
“Get away from all books and forms and let your soul see its Self. "We are deluded and maddened by books", Shri Krishna declares.” BookSoulSelfFormYour SoulGet AwayKrishnaDeluded Author:Swami Vivekananda
“The ends do not justify the means. If our actions will bring harm to others, even in the service of some 'good,' they are almost certainly deluded. If our actions do not come from a kind heart, from loving courage and compassion, they are deluded. If they are based on a distinction between 'us' and 'them,' they stem from delusion. Only to the extent that we act from the wisdom of no separation, understanding how we are woven together, will our intention bring benefit.” IfsHeartKindMeanEndsActionTogetherUnderstandingCompassionBenefitsIntentionHarmSeparationDistinctionDelusionJustifyStemOur ActionsWovenDeludedKind Heart Author:Jack Kornfield
“So yes I know how angry, or naive, or self-destructive, or messed up, or even deluded I sound weaving my way through these life stories at times. But beautiful things. Graceful things. Hopeful things can sometimes appear in dark places.” KnowsWayLifeSelfSometimesStoriesBeautifulSoundDarkKnow HowAngryMy WayDestructiveHopefulBeautiful ThingsNaiveLife StoryMessed UpSelf DestructiveDeludedDark PlacesWeaving Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“Abuse of power isn't limited to 'bad guys' in other nations. It happens in our own country. Those in power get jaded, deluded, and seduced by power itself. I have a reverence for individuality. I've always considered myself too individualistic to be either right-wing or left-wing. I like the libertarian view, which is to leave everyone alone. People should be able to be what they want to be and do what they want - as long as they're not harming other people. I am a libertarian.” PeopleWantShouldLongCountryHappensAbleGuyPoliticsLeftNationsViewsAbuseWingsIndividualityLibertarianReverenceBad GuysRight WingLeft WingDeludedAbuse Of PowerJadedIndividualisticHarming Others Author:Clint Eastwood
“Deluded liberal that I am, I persist in thinking that those with a streak of sexual unorthodoxy ought to be more tolerant of their fellows than those who lead an entirely godly, righteous and sober life. Illogically, I tend to assume that if you ( Philip Larkin) dream of caning schoolgirls bottoms, it disqualifies you from dismissing half the nation as work-shy.” IfsThinkingDreamNationsHalfOughtFellowsAssumingBottomShyRighteousPersistSoberGodlyStreaksDeludedPhilip Author:Alan Bennett
“Man, without a saving touch of woman in him, is too doltish, too naive and romantic, too easily deluded and lulled to sleep by his imagination to be anything above a cavalryman, a theologian or a corporation director.” MenImaginationSleepDirectorsSavingCorporationsTheologianNaiveDeluded Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen.” BeliefMultitudesApplauseStatesmenDeludedStatesmanship Book:The Portable Plato Source: The Portable Plato
“Unless all ages and races of men have been deluded by the same mass hypnotist (who?), there seems to be such a thing as beauty, a grace wholly gratuitous.” MenHas BeensSeemsAgeRaceBeautyGraceMassDeluded Book:PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded. Only those who know when they are deluded can free themselves from such delusion. The intelligent people are not deluded, because they know and accept their ignorance as ignorance, and thereby have genuine knowledge.” PeopleKnowsLittlesAcceptingKnowledgeKnow HowIgnoranceIntelligentGenuineDelusionDeluded Author:Laozi
“God works in mysterious ways. Things may look good outwardly, but there may be evil contained inside. Let no one be deluded by pride that he himself has conceived good ideas or done good deeds. If everything were as it seemed, the Prophet would not have cried out with such illuminated and illuminating perspicacity, Show me things as they are! You make things appear beautiful when in reality they are ugly; You make things appear ugly when in reality they are beautiful. Show us therefore each thing as it is lest we fall into a snare and be ever errant.” IfsWayLooksMayIdeasDoneShowsRealityBeautifulFallEvilAwarenessPrideDeedsUglyMysteriousProphetGood IdeasCriedShow MeGood DeedsDeludedSnaresIlluminatingGod Works In Mysterious WaysMysterious Ways Book:The Rumi Collection Source: The Rumi Collection