Accurate Quote by Bhikkhu Analayo

Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.

— Stephen Covey

Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.

— Carl Sagan

When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception.

— Mardy Grothe

Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves.

— Russ Roberts

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

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The instinct for self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are perfectly aware…

— Stefan Zweig

Self-deception helps us deceive.

— David Livingstone

“I suspect that self-deception is similar to its cousins, overconfidence and optimism, and as with these other biases, it has both benefits and disadvantages.…

— Dan Ariely

Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid.

— Ted Dwane

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

— Diana Delonzor

“Because the exposure of self to self lies at the heart of neurotic shame, escape from the self is necessary. The escape from self…

— John Bradshaw

Trivers, pursuing his theory of the emotions to its logical conclusion, notes that in a world of walking lie detectors the best strategy is…

— Steven Pinker