22 quotes found
“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities..”
“What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Dec...”
“What I cannot tough, remains a memory, I am blinded by an imagined light. A remembrance of what can never be”
“What I cannot touch, remains a memory. I am blinded by an imagined light. A remembrance of what can never be.”
“The thing about memories wasn't that many of them inevitably faded, but that repeated recall of the ones you remembered burnished them into shining, gorgeous lies”
“Delusion is the seed of dreams.”
“I don't have to say so because people can see it from leagues away. I am ugly, shy and anachronistic, but by dint of not wanting to be those things I have pretended to be just the opposite.”
“She was always looking for guarantees in a world of none.”
“Don't think you're living when you just exist!”
“Delusions are hardly an escape from reality. Its a way of understanding insane people living in a backwards world.”
“Delusions are a vital part of my existence.”
“And all our gods are not lies. They existed. All our gods, from the beginning of time, have been men with psychiatric conditions. And their delusions were so deep, they passed them on.”
“The distinction between a delusion and a lie is the very difference between a successful saint and a fraud.”
“But sometimes the lies we let ourselves believe are for our own good.”
“I spoke of the tragic illusion of perpetuity, but, no, my friends, it is a comic one. The ludicrous plot in which we are all trapped. The ancient Greeks referred to plot as mythos, attributing the ...”
“He, the One, the bringer of all to enlightenment, had an earthy name. His name was Jimmy.”
“I've been at some pains to tell you about myself because among other reasons I think we should know who our enemies are. I've known people to spend their lives nursing a hatred of phantoms and they...”
“There's a great deal of power in pretending.”
“Shit. The mind gets up to funny tricks, doesn't it? Shadows grow faces.”
“Delusions are hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding insane people living in a backwards world.”
