I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I'd actually love to think that I could trust Kerry on national security. But the only way I could do that, at… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
No one can genuinely love the world, which is too large to love entire. To love all the world at once is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“We all know dogmatists who are more concerned about holding their opinions than about investigating their truth. ... if they are mistaken,… — David L. Wolfe Copy Share Image
People compose the schedules they do out of the priorities they have; and someone who says otherwise is deceiving himself about what… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
A direct statement about yourself is considered objective only if it is negative. If it's positive, it is considered subjective. And 'objective'… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist.… — George Galloway Copy Share Image
We cannot move casually into a better future. We cannot casually pursue the goal we have set for ourselves. A goal that… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Words bend our thinking to infinite paths of self-delusion, and the fact that we spend most of our mental lives in brain… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
The first-person viewpoint is more enjoyable to write, because it lets me meander more freely, and it can reveal more of the… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“The...act of surrender—or devotion, as the case may be—was, to him, a kind of lifeline for those who sought a quick answer… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“The Norweigian philosopher Tonnesen said that to think about anything but death is evasion. Society, art, culture, the whole of civilisation is… — Sven Lindqvist Copy Share Image
The great paradox of determinism and free will, which has held the attention of the wisest of philosophers and psychologists for generations,… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Writing is the perfect balance between self-confidence and self-doubt, with a bit of self-delusion thrown in. — Judith Kelman Copy Share Image
“Of course, that rationalization didn't work at all. It would have helped if I'd had some Oreo cookie ice cream to eat… — Lee Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Deanna's job (as counselor) is to keep us from deluding ourselves.” — Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide Team Copy Share Image
“Relationships are often transactional, except of course we want to wallow in self-deception.” — John Joclebs Bassey Copy Share Image
If the awareness of our limitations begins to limit or to dim our value consciousness as well—as happens, for instance, in old… — Max Scheler Copy Share Image
I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular… — John Twelve Hawks Copy Share Image
The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“If you consulted your business experiences instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
