Quotes About Delusions

Según Katz, el perfil psicológico de Hugo Chávez define un caso extremo de «trastorno de personalidad narcisista». Según explica Katz, al presidente venezolano lo aquejan un falso sentido de superioridad, la idea de ser único, excepcional y tener derechos que otros no tienen, recurrentes delirios de grandeza, una gran necesidad de ser admirado que coexiste con sentimientos de minusvalía, menosprecio a sí mismo y ocasionales ataques de derrotismo y fracaso.

In his classic work Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, published in 1841, Scottish journalist Charles Mackay argued that people "go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one."1 People in crowds often act in thoughtless ways—shouting profanities, destroying property, throwing bricks, threatening others.

As we observe the way our minds and bodies react to pleasure and pain, we begin to clearly understand how ultimately impersonal this human experience is, and how through our delusions and self-centeredness we are constantly making it personal and taking it personally

nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence

Every one knows that change is inevitable. From the second law of thermodynamics to Darwinian evolution, from Buddhism's insistence that nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence to the third chapter of Ecclesiastes ("To everything there is a season"), change is part of life, of existence, of the common wisdom. But I don't believe we're dealing with all that that means. We haven't even begun to deal with it.

Every one knows that change is inevitable. From the second law of thermodynamics to Darwinian evolution, from Buddhism's insistence that nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence to the third chapter of Ecclesiastes ("To everything there is a season"), change is part of life

I could not but smile to hear her talking in this lofty strain, but I was never much displeased with those harmless delusions that tend to make us more happy.

One of the dark delusions of sin is that it causes us at points to buy into the insane thought that we might be smarter than God.

The thought that any fallen human being would be able to perform his or her way into acceptance with God has to be the most insane of all delusions.

So your weaknesses are not the big danger that you should fear. What you should really fear are your delusions of strength. When you tell yourself that you are strong, you quit being excited about God's rescuing, transforming, and empowering grace.

Instead of humbly following along behind Jesus, I've let myself get sidetracked by a myriad of temptations: overly ambitious creative projects, delusions about my own importance, worrisome relationships, secret small addictions, stubborn resentments, and a hundred forms of self-indulgence.