He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so its no problem for me to believe that Im somebody else. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.) — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure. — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception. — Mardy Grothe Copy Share Image
What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Stop lying to yourself. When we deny our own truth, we deny our own potential.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“There are some people to whom muddled thinking and self-deception are the two most unforgivable crimes in the world.” — Margery Allingham Copy Share Image
Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
You know, your species [humans] has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself. — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“love no one until you can love yourself, for love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot… — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
If female liberation is to happen, if the reservoir of real female love is to be tapped, this sterile self-deception must be… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering,… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
Kitsch is the most pernicious of all prisons. The bars are covered with the gold of simplistic, unreal feelings, so that you… — Pascal Mercier 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
“...'fundamentalism' and 'liberalism' and terrorism.' These labels only tell us partial truths. We must use them humbly, guardedly, Niebuhr would say, aware… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
Ultimately the body will rebel. Even if it can be temporarily pacified with the help of drugs, cigarettes or medicine, it usually… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“philosophers have noted that people who habitually deceive finally fall for their own deceptions. This is the well-known phenomenon that confidence artists… — Joseph Agassi Copy Share Image
The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one's self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate… — Bhikkhu Analayo Copy Share Image
Self-deception is so far from impossible that it is one of the most ordinary phenomena with which we are acquainted. Nothing is… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better… — Pema Chodron 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
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
“I'd like to believe that my kiss has made you see me in a whole different light.” — Ahmed Mostafa Copy Share Image
“Deceit or anything that involves self-deception is the source of corruption within an individual.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo 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
“I hate that you think you're irreplaceable. Darling, you're actually upgradable.” — Ahmed Mostafa Copy Share Image
Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with. — Alexei Panshin Copy Share Image
Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to write, that much is clear, and to write in a way quite unlike any way which I have… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense. — L.E. Modesitt Jr 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
The most transformative experiences people have - bliss, devotion, self transcendence - are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and… — Sam Harris 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
In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“I have never seen battles quite as terrifyingly beautiful as the ones I fight when my mind splinters and races, to swallow… — Nicole Lyons Copy Share Image
The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Self-esteem isn’t a crime. Self-love isn’t something to be earned. Most importantly, loving your fat body as it is is not delusional… — Jes Baker Copy Share Image
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