Quotes about Delusion
For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11
When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
- Vernon Howard
Any given man sees only a tiny portion of the total truth, and very often, in fact almost perpetually, he deliberately deceives himself about that little precious fragment as well.
- Philip K. Dick
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
- Ludwig Borne
If the Bible is not the Word of God and inspired, the whole of Christendom for 1800 years has been under an immense delusion - half the human race has been cheated and deceived, and churches are monuments of folly. If the Bible is the Word of God and inspired, all who refuse to believe it are in fearful danger; they are living on the brink of eternal misery. No man, in his sober senses, can fail to see that the whole subject demands most serious attention.
- JC Ryle
Although she didn't have the plumbing, she deluded herself that she was the modern W.C. (about Margaret Thatcher, M.T.)
- Lydia Millet
He is on a mission to rescue a people who are so utterly deceived most of them don't even want to be rescued.
- John Eldredge
A form of self-delusion.
- Elbert Hubbard
The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Greedily they plucked The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived. They, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chewed bitter ashes
- John Milton
The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.
- Oscar Wilde
it's clear from Scripture that a time is coming when the whole earth will fall under a grand delusion. The means through which this global deception will take place is the Antichrist, the Man of Sin. He himself
- Terry James