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Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.

The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Delusion is not good; better to be realistic and then surprise yourself if you're lucky.

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.

Our mind is like a cloudy sky: in essence clear and pure, but overcast by clouds of delusions. Just as the thickest clouds can disperse, so, too, even the heaviest delusions can be removed from our mind.

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

Fear warps our understanding of reality and even our ability to see reality clearly.

You can have too much reality.

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.