“Stop lying to yourself. When we deny our own truth, we deny our own potential.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“He who says money doesn't buy happiness Is like a fox who, when he can't reach grapes, claims they lack ripeness.” — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Persecution complexes are reaffirming to those who benefit from unearned privileges.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
“Here's to love at first sight, and here's to getting over it the moment you blink.” — Ahmed Mostafa Copy Share Image
If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It is very easy to make an art film. They are an exercise in self-deception. — Joy Mathew 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
“How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
How much rationality and higher protection there is in such self-deception, and how much falseness I still require in order to allow… — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
“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
Food, clothing and shelter — these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception. — U.G. Krishnamurti 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
“What do you mean, Phib?" asked Miss Squeers, looking in her own little glass, where, like most of us, she saw -… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Truth often finds its way to the mind close muffled in robes of sleep, and then speaks with uncompromising directness of matters… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
If you do have to look at polls, you should do it no more than once every few days, to get a… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one's focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Many of my fellow atheists consider all talk of 'spirituality' or 'mysticism' to be synonymous with mental illness, conscious fraud, or self-deception.… — Sam Harris 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
“If anyone can give me good reason to think that I am going astray in my thoughts or my actions, I will… — Marcus Aurelius 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
“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
Unreflective self-deception leads people into hypocrisy and all sorts of moral failings. When you look at these people who are busy pontificating… — Clancy Martin Copy Share Image
He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
“Quite possibly the only infinite power in the universe may be the human capacity for self-deception.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Subconsciously he knew why it was happening, but a truth suppressed is a reality ignored.” — Luke Montgomery Copy Share Image
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is no room for morbid introspection in the life of a follower of Jesus. Why? Because when we search our own… — Gary Rohrmayer 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
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
“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
“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 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
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
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
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 instinct for self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are… — Stefan Zweig 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
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
