“I live in my mind, such that whatever destroys me shall be a creature of my own invention.” — Genevieve Ross Copy Share Image
“Relationships are often transactional, except of course we want to wallow in self-deception.” — John Joclebs Bassey Copy Share Image
If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly. — Ronald Reagan 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
The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Self-delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales. — Paul Sweeney Copy Share Image
What we can afford least is to define the problem of future war as we would like it to be and, by… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
The greater your powers of self-delusion, the greater will be the apparent efficacy of this untruth. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without difficulty. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My life is devoted to self-delusion - and I have a great capacity for that - but it's the thing that gives… — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
“Human history is one prolonged and painful limping. We invariably step with one foot on the rock of justice, and with the… — Danail Hristov Copy Share Image
A woman wishes to mother a man simply because she sees into his helplessness, his need of an amiable environment, his touching… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Correct the blunders on your face made through self-delusion – this would be far more fitting than to want to teach me,… — Luella Christie 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
Every time one can write a self-deluded song, you are way ahead of the game, way ahead. Self-delusion is the basis of… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I flattered myself that I was rather empathetic, that I had rather good imaginative empathy. I've realized now that that was a… — Decca Aitkenhead 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
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
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
“I submit that style, too, is an answer to a common want; but not so much to formulated problems as to felt… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“It is a skill in its own right, one that requires the highest degree of technical ability, personal honesty and sober thought.… — Ray Mears Copy Share Image
“Too many companies— and individuals— are befuddled by delusion when it comes to identifying their authentic strengths and projecting those strengths through… — Tom Hayes Copy Share Image
“Coolidge explained the inherent dangers in the office of President of the United States, especially when one person remains in the White… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As for the myths, take anyone's life and deny that most of it is deliberate self-delusion - an aggrandizement - a mixture… — Timothy Findley Copy Share Image
“A veteran, calm and assured, he pauses for a well-measured moment in the doorway of the office and then, boldly, clearly, with… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
An honorable human relationship- that is, one in which two people have the right to use the word "love"- is a process,… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?' 'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“[O]ne has to have endured a few decades before wanting, let alone needing, to embark on the project of recovering lost life.… — Christopher Hitchens 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
We are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more… — Michael Crichton 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
The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion - in the long run, these are the only people… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." [ Modernism's… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
“The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you are right. As one grows older, this is easier still.” — Robert Ludlum Copy Share Image
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“We all need a bit of self-delusion. It gets us over the difficult spots." - John Ralston Saul, On Equilibrium” — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Men, unlike mockingbirds, have the capacity for systematic self-delusion. We echo each other with equal precision, equal eloquence, equal assurance. — Robert Ardrey Copy Share Image
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