We have art to save ourselves from the truth. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. (Ayn Rand)

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. (Samuel Johnson)

Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. (Friedrich von Schiller)

When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity; when many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. (Robert Pirsig)