wishful thinking
Noun
Meaning
(idiomatic, psychology) The illusion that what one would like to be true is actually true.
(idiomatic) Decision-making based on self-delusion.
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Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
Theorems often tell us complex truths about the simple things, but only rarely tell us simple truths about the complex ones. To believe otherwise is wishful thinking or "mathematics envy."
There is wishful thinking in Hell as well as on Earth.
Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.
Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking.