Quotes about Wishful thinking

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Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it. — Anonymous
A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds — H.L. Mencken
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Let's say that the consensus is that our species, being the higher primates, Homo Sapiens, has been on the planet for at — Christopher Hitchens
I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't li — Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
It is a healthy approach not to expect persons to turn out precisely how you would have wished. — Criss Jami, Healology
In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments. Those whom life does not cure, death will. The world is quite ruth — Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world, which — Sigmund Freud, Moses and Monotheism
The best antidote to the furtive poison of anger, fear, anxiety, or any of our destructive, unwieldy passions, is just g — Connie Kerbs, Paths of Fear: An Anthology of Overcoming Through Courage, Inspiration, and the Miracle of Love
I do not much trust the man who cares solely to inspire - he does not really inspire me - only the man who cares mostly — Criss Jami
People who don’t construe their life and don’t frame their own tale, stay on the sidelines, remain only an act without a — Erik Pevernagie
Dare to dream! If you did not have the capability to make your wildest wishes come true, your mind would not have the ca — Anthon St. Maarten
Felix had gone to live in a lotus land of his imagination. Where what is desired is dreamed of as already happened, wher — Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio
Our personal experiences and mental reasoning skills establish the range of our perception of reality. Our physical and — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
Sometimes something that you've been asking forIt's just something that you could not see before. For it was something t — Ana Claudia Antunes, A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job
Whenever He answers prayers, God usually prioritizes those by people who, instead of their mouths, have prayed with thei — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
All of the sudden, we were a grown-up married couple! Like little figures in a doll's house, we sat there dazed, in awe, — Jalina Mhyana, Dreaming in Night Vision: A Story in Vignettes
I guess I had always sort of fantasized that a guy would see me and get past the ponytail and the glasses and the giant — Jeff Sampson, Vesper
You know what, your imagination works faster than your mind. — Simona Panova, Nightmarish Sacrifice
Some people live disconnected, in a world of their own. Their wishful thinking represents their sole veracity. But when — Erik Pevernagie