Wish fulfillment

The apostles, interpreting the Master's words to justify their intense longings, believed Jesus would return to establish the kingdom after a brief visit with his Father. 181:0.1

In the Urantia Book

Moral values do not grow out of wish fulfillment. (100:3.2)

• Wisdom comes from facing facts and adjusting them to ideals, not from preferring optimistic illusions to reality. 160:1.7 160:4.13-14