Identity Quote by Antonia Fraser

The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.

— Gertrude Atherton

Our capacity for self-deception has no known limits

— Michael Novak

“In a competition for mates, a well developed capacity for self-deception is an advantage, The same is true in politics and other contexts.”

— John N. Gray

The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible.

— Hannah More

“The human capacity for self-deception is very impressive, often showing breathtaking flights of creativity.   —Jerry L. Horner, Daniel Seligman Research Associate”

— Diana Delonzor

Self-deception helps us deceive.

— David Livingstone

You know, your species [humans] has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself.

— Ben Aaronovitch

Human beings seem to have an almost unlimited capacity to deceive themselves, and to deceive themselves into taking their own lies for truth.

— Anonymous

“The deception of others is almost always rooted in the deception of ourselves.”

— Bill W

In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to maintain our…

— Carol Tavris

Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able…

— Neel Burton