The spiritual life is the real life; all else is illusion and deception. Only those who are attached to God alone are… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Time passes and you begin to see, people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be. — Scarlet Koop Copy Share Image
“What we are probably given is a mixture of truth and untruth. It's anybody's guess as to which part is which and… — Ira Levin Copy Share Image
Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down. — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
I repeat what I suggest in my book [ Strategie de la deception]. The first deterrence, nuclear deterrence, is presently being superseded… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a… — Kenneth Koch Copy Share Image
“I used to loathe ambivalence; now I adore it. Ambivalence is my new best friend.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
There is no logic in a lie but if you lie effectively to a group of people it can work like cancer. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
“The fact that he does not tell me the truth all the time makes me not sure of his truth at certain… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
We tend to tell strangers what we think will make us sound good. I myself, to my utter amazement, informed a telephone… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
Our life-style contains more Thanatos than Eros, for egotism, exploitation, deception, obsession and addiction have more place in us than eroticism, joy,… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“The objection to propaganda is not only its appeal to unreason, but still more the unfair advantage which it gives to the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In the form of the oeuvre, the actual circumstances are placed in another dimension where the given reality shows itself as that… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
Anything that a batsman cannot pick from the wrist is deception. — Bhuvneshwar Kumar Copy Share Image
Love is like a rose. It looks perfect, beautiful, and flawless, but when you hold it...it's actually quite painful. — Dyllan Copy Share Image
I just can't believe that there won't come a day when people won't be fed-up with being overfed. That they won't get… — Gudrun Ensslin Copy Share Image
You can hide as cleverly as you like, but in the final analysis mimicry is deception, pure and simple. It doesn't solve… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good. — Philibert Joseph Roux Copy Share Image
“The keepers would give the gorillas an assortment of fruits and vegetables each afternoon, and on this particular occasion, Judy Sievert tossed… — Eugene Linden Copy Share Image
“The heart will find solace after a lost love, but once the soul is betrayed and broken it will always bleed and… — Camelia C Copy Share Image
The pleasure of despair. But then, it is in despair that we find the most acute pleasure, especially when we are aware… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“Take me now, God!" I shout to the inky sky. "I´m ready." "You´re not ready. You´re not even divorced yet," Bunny says.… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
When you know you are dying, self-deceptions fly from your bedside like embers off a bonfire. — Darin Strauss Copy Share Image
