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Delusion Quotes



"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."



"Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out."


"You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion."



"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."


"As long as she persisted in her belief that bafflement justified her actions, she felt confident no one would contradict her."



"To object/protest (vandha), create difficulties (vachka), and wrong beliefs (agnan) " these three are the reasons the world's delusion remains. It is to eradicate just these three things that all the worldly scriptures have been created."



"Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion."



"The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation."
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