To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The fine thing about pacts with the devil is that when you sign them you are well aware of their conditions. Otherwise,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding)… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Cheating in school is a form of self-deception. We go to school to learn. We cheat ourselves when we coast on the… — James E. Faust 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
Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
It is one of the dangerous self-deceptions of our society to pretend that mechanisms of control do not really exist, and to… — Robert Heilbroner Copy Share Image
self-sacrifice is one of a woman's seven deadly sins (along with self-abuse, self-loathing, self-deception, self-pity, self-serving, and self-immolation). — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
The heart deceives, because it is never anything but the expression of the minds miscalculations I dont know what the heart is,… — Marquis De Sade Copy Share Image
“Raging crime, class warfare, invasive immigrants, light morals, public misbehavior. Always we convince ourselves that the parade of unwelcome and despised is… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“I used to be amazed at her self-deception, but now I see I am exactly the same. I used to think people… — Dizz Tate Copy Share Image
Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution.… — Paul Kurtz 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
“If our subject persuades himself to believe contrary to the evidence in order to evade , somehow, the unpleasant truth to which… — Herbert Fingarette Copy Share Image
Comparing oneself with Galileo or Einstein is certainly good for the ego, provided one refrains from going into too much detail. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
