“why we repeatedly convince ourselves that we've overcome impulsiveness and can stop avoiding our worst temptations.1 This particular tendency toward self-deception is… — David DiSalvo 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
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
“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
“For some, life may be a playground to undermine the brainwaves of others or simply a vainglorious game with an armory of… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do is start slow, or con yourself into thinking that you can take your time getting into… — Jack Kramer Copy Share Image
“Lying is second nature to him... More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to convince himself that… — Tony Schwartz Copy Share Image
I'm a bartender. I like recipes. They're concretes. Was the drink recipe for seduction one shot charm and two shots self-deception, shaken,… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via interest. I fancy… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“Deception' is the word I most associate with anorexia and the treachery which comes from falsehood. The illness appears inviting. It would… — Carol Lee 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
That's the old AA maxim, "Always have a drink in your hand and you'll never want a drink." That's one of the… — Clancy Martin Copy Share Image
We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the strangest thing about this illusion of control is not that it happens but that it seems to confer many of… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
It is probably true that almost all atheists stand for the values of reason and freethought. I will attempt to put these… — Richard Carrier Copy Share Image
Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that… — Joan Didion 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
Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others… — David Bohm 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
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
“If he must curse Weissmann, then he must also curse himself. Weissmann's cruelty was no less resourceful than Pökler's own engineering skill,… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“Willpower: "This virtue, like moste virtues, is ambiguity itself. People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny… — James Baldwin 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 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
We feel lonely now and then and long for friends and think we should be quite different and happier if we found… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
No one was ever injured by the truth; but he who persists in self-deception and ignorance is injured. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves. — Russ Roberts Copy Share Image
The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“I think that before and after we kissed are two different timelines.” — Ahmed Mostafa Copy Share Image
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“and there was only one revolutionary virtue which he had not learned, the virtue of self-deception” — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
