Charles Spurgeon Quotes

How is the anxious soul of man befool'd in his desire, That thinks an hectic fever may be cool'd in flames of fire?

It is one of the peculiar truths of life that people often say things that they know full well are ridiculous.

Self-delusion is one of the funniest things there is.

Well then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?

What is ridiculous about human beings, Doctor,' the prince said, 'is actually their total incapacity to be ridiculous

We are all hunting for rational reasons for believing in the absurd.

Some things can be quite stupid yet interesting. Life can be like that.

What I find funny are peoples' blind spots. That's the funniest thing about anybody - when they just don't realize who they are. What's funny about seeing a hippo do ballet is it thinks it's a swan.

I guess a little bit of delusion can go a long way.

I'm so grateful for my endless delusion.

This is what confuses me. People say, 'I believe that we landed on the Moon' but then they find it really far fetched that there can't be other planets where little men haven't travelled to ours.

The wise men were all fools, what to do?

A thing can be true and still be desperate folly.

But we all recognise the primary foible of frail humanity - our propensity for embracing hope and shunning logic, our tendency to believe what we desire rather than what we observe.

Some things, you know, if you say them, it makes them not true?

False beliefs can be every bit as consoling as true ones, right up until the moment of disillusionment.

He tricked himself into thinking that she would look into his eyes and remember, that love would conquer all.

There is absolutely no common sense, it is common non-sense.

Some of the stupidest brilliant people who ever lived.

O poor, unthinking human heart! Error will not go away, logic and reason are slow to penetrate.We cling with both arms to false hope, refusing to believe in the weightiest proofs against it, embracing it with all our strength. In the end it escapes, ripping our veins and draining our heart's blood; until, regaining consciousness, we rush to fall into snares of delusion all over again

Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.

Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.

Laughter is born out of the discovery of the contradictory.

Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.

Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity.