For of all hard things to bear and grin, / The hardest is knowing you're taken in. — Phoebe Cary Copy Share Image
“Commitment felt impossible. Trust felt dangerous. Deception leaves a long shadow.” — SharLee Manson Copy Share Image
It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Sometimes the right person for you was there all along. You just didn't see it because the wrong person was blocking your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Most of humanity, he said, have eyes that are so caked shut with the dust of deception they will never see the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Maintain your integrity! Live life in such a way that when another person tells his or her truth, you'll not be committed… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The biggest awakening is the awakening from the childish deceptions and the invented tales of the religion. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
People with psychopathy are very good at reading the minds of their victims. That's probably most clearly seen in deception. — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“The path of truth is profound—and so are the obstacles and possibilities for self-deception.” — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“If misinformation is inaccurate information, and disinformation is deliberate falsehoods — what's a simple way to remember the difference? 'Mis' for mistake,… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It is easy to become the dupe of a deferred purpose, of the promise the future can never keep, and I had… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Someone who lies for you will also lie to you. The occasional benefit your business may gain from a successful deception or… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Behind many smiles hide rivers of tears! Never be fooled by a smile! Sometimes people who laugh the most in our presence...Are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is sometimes useful to pretend we are deceived, because when we show a deceiving man that we see through his artifices,… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
“Throw massive amounts of deception and the father of lies (yes, I’m referring to Satan) into the mix and you now have… — KJ Masters Copy Share Image
There is nothing disastrous in the temporary nature of our ideas. They are always that. But there may very easily be a… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“The Point of Honor in Deception.—In all great deceivers one thing is noteworthy, to which they owe their power. In the actual… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“We might erroneously believe that maitri is a way to find a happiness that lasts; as advertisements so seductively promise, we could… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No treaty, however much it may be to the advantage of all, however tightly it may be worded, can provide absolute security… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Governments are based pincipally on force and deception. Democratic governments are based chiefly on deception, other governments on force. And democratic governments,… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“There are casualties in war. Those who don’t make it back to a place of sound hopes and dreams. Some take on… — Christopher Hawke Copy Share Image
If the world is an aggregate of relatively independent regions, then any assumption of universal laws is false and a demand for… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
