The universalists, the idealists, the Utopians all aim too high. They give promises of an unattainable paradise, and by doing so they… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
When he admitted this to me, I found myself almost annoyed. It was as if he'd hidden this part of himself in… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
No picture can be good which deceives by its imitation, for the very reason that nothing can be beautiful which is not… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago. — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
Whoso neglects a thing which he suspects he ought to do, because it seems to him too small a thing, is deceiving… — Edward Bouverie Pusey Copy Share Image
Fear is another emotion that is strongly suppressed. We cannot afford to be afraid, and so we don't allow ourselves to sense… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitudes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[T]he central problem of government is a religious one; and anyone who assumes that he can form his political beliefs without consulting… — H. Verlan Andersen Copy Share Image
Any given man sees only a tiny portion of the total truth, and very often, in fact almost ... perpetually, he deliberately… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Religion, if it is genuine, is so profoundly interwoven with individual thought and experience that it is no more exhaustible than consciousness… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders. — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
Always get rid of theory private object in this way: assume that it constantly changes, but that you do not notice the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
If we don't have a clear sense of our identity and purpose, we are much more vulnerable to Lucifer. He of course… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived. — John Locke Copy Share Image
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
A proud bigot, who is vain enough to think that he can deceive even God by affected zeal, and throwing the veil… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
All these cries of having "abolished slavery," of having "saved the country," of having "preserved the union," of establishing a "government of… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
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