“With starry eyes we forget what is literally the oldest trick in The Book: that the very first 'liberal' was one of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I think that ultimately the Christian vision of sexuality - the New Testament vision - is not compatible with same-sex marriage. And… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“Injured Soul Fainted Eyes Returning from where? Weary feet Weak arms Treading toward where? Struggled in vain battles Fighting delusive enemies Erred… — Rixa White Copy Share Image
“The Betty Lady explains love and splitting up: "It´s like playing the shell game with Jesus. You can´t figure anything out; it´s… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
The art of life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. You may lose by it now and… — E. V. Lucas Copy Share Image
“We all practice self-deception to a degree; no man can handle complete honesty without being cut at each turn. There's not enough… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
The Mafia and crime bosses of this world are amateurs compared to this syndicate, ruled by the prince of darkness and the… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
It is within your power to see that all you have experienced, trials, errors, faults, deceptions, passions, your love and your hope,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Deception was an inherent trait of intelligent beings. Even his love, in her ample ardor, would weave him a guilty lie for… — Darrell Drake Copy Share Image
After years of denial and deception, the Philip Morris company has admitted that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer and other diseases. This… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Invoking brings the heart closer to the hereafter and keeps the world away from the heart, even though the world is around… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
I do think deception... There's something kind of odd about tricking people for a living, but ultimately, it's a remarkably honest profession,… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
Prose pretends to be straightforward in its application to the truth, but truth itself is a dissembler. Poetry, much more honest, knows… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
We grow hostile to many an artist or writer, not because we finally come to see he has deceived us, but because… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Self-deception is an indispensable element of war, and that despite the fact that wars are calculated and planned, there is a sense… — David Livingstone Smith Copy Share Image
If you alter or obscure the Biblical portrait of God in order to attract converts, you don't get converts to God, you… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you… — Jim Steinmeyer Copy Share Image
If you've been cheated on in a relationship, one of the most difficult things is to eventually learn about the multiple points… — Ariana Madix Copy Share Image
If people are really nice and happy all the time, you wanna look out for the darkness in them. But the ones… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
Ours is a problem in which deception has become organized and strong; where truth is poisoned at its source; one in which… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
As someone who specializes in deception, I'll tell you this much: When someone insistently implores, 'Believe me,' don't. Pleading 'believe me' or… — Pamela Meyer Copy Share Image
“Together we agree that there are few tableaus more pathetic than a woman poring over a plethora of self-help books, while in… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“It was just a game for you-your flames blazed brighter And with my sizzling coals, I mistakenly thought I was the strong… — Maddy Kobar Copy Share Image
A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue,… — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
Spin' is a polite word for deception. Spinners mislead by means that range from subtle omissions to outright lies. Spin paints a… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Walking away from bad situations and negative people sets a healthier tone for the rest of your life. It also gives those… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
Lack of understanding, along with outright anti-Christian prejudice, leads to journalistic amazement or horror at the supposed self-deception of those who do… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“The secret lies of manipulative folks, however hidden and cunningly twisted shall eventually come out. Never trust manipulative politically motivated, sly liars… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
Like all alchemists, Trump seeks to convert dross into gold, to toss a broth of his incompetence, denial, delay, deception, and failure… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
“The best I can do is to ‘pretend’ that I’m my own god. But in the pretending I have to pretend that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“This explained to me--and I suppose, forgave me--my inability to see the face of this man, because whoever must deceive us in… — Michael Ennis Copy Share Image
“It is your intention that determines your honor. While it is acceptable to deceive people to protect yourself or your family, it… — Bohdi Sanders Copy Share Image
The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The very thought that war can ever be justified, let alone desirable or even noble, is quite honestly the greatest deception that… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“When you are in the company of lunatics, behave like a lunatic. When you are in the company of intelligentsias, speak with… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The Marxians love of democratic institutions was a stratagem only, a pious fraud for the deception of the masses. Within a socialist… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“When he walked out of my life after three years, he was the same person who had entered my life three years… — Neena H. Brar Copy Share Image
Inquired deception of every other man complained that he deceived no one but you really do not,He did not cheat me because… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
