“Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just as irrational but which are shared by millions are called world religions.” WorldMayBeliefMillionsIrrationalBelief SystemsDelusionalWorld Religions Book:Feet Of Clay: The Power and Charisma of Gurus Source: Feet Of Clay: The Power and Charisma of Gurus
“Society doesn't need that everybody is behaving in the full normal way... like people in a Buddhist monastery... But eccentricity may also connect with the irrational.” PeopleWayNeedsMayNormalBuddhistIrrationalEccentricityMonasteries Author:John Muir
“A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may * * * readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity.” MayReactionsRationalFollyExcessSkepticismIrrationalRivalsDegeneratesCredulity Author:William E. Gladstone
“A rational reaction against the irrational excesses and vagaries of scepticism may, I admit, readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity. To be engaged in opposing wrong affords, under the conditions of our mental constitution, but a slender guarantee for being right.” MayConditionsConstitutionReactionsRationalEngagedFollyGuaranteesExcessIrrationalRivalsOpposingDegeneratesCredulitySlenderScepticism Author:William E. Gladstone