“Persecution complexes are reaffirming to those who benefit from unearned privileges.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
It is very easy to make an art film. They are an exercise in self-deception. — Joy Mathew Copy Share Image
If I had had to write only about imaginary people, I would have had to close up my typewriter. I wrote about… — William Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Our sweet illusions are half of them conscious illusions, like effects of colour that we know to be made up of tinsel,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“As for self-deceit, most people find it as essential for survival as air. You rarely indulge in it.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The endless, agonizing recycling of what might have been, soon followed by a litany of rationalizations and self-deceptions as you struggle to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Trivers, pursuing his theory of the emotions to its logical conclusion, notes that in a world of walking lie detectors the best… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“For twenty-five years I've been speaking and writing in defense of your right to happiness in this world, condemning your inability to… — Wilhelm Reich 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
Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Subconsciously he knew why it was happening, but a truth suppressed is a reality ignored.” — Luke Montgomery Copy Share Image
Those who know in their hearts that they are not really necessary -- and are entirely replaceable-- must inevitably be tempted to… — Charles le Gai Eaton Copy Share Image
If the defeated and depressed group of disciples overnight could change into a victorious movement of faith, based only on autosuggestion or… — Pinchas Lapide Copy Share Image
“The fact is that we have no way of knowing if the person who we think we are is at the core… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
