Self Deception Quotes

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Every one of the world's "great" religions utterly trivializes the immensity and beauty of the cosmos. Books like the Bible and the Koran get almost… — Sam Harris
You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all. — Jodi Picoult
Here was a torture that Greek inventors of the Feast and the Stone had omitted from their Hades: the Blanket of Self-Deception. A lovely warm… — Jonathan Franzen
Trivers, pursuing his theory of the emotions to its logical conclusion, notes that in a world of walking lie detectors the best strategy is to… — Steven Pinker
The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique. — David Byrne
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, not stirred? — Karen Marie Moning
How poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception. — Gregory Maguire
The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps… — Brennan Manning
If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that… — Errol Morris
I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.) — A. S. Byatt
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which… — Marcus Aurelius
People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception. — James A. Baldwin
It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back… — Joan Didion
Love is self deception. I am a living creature. Hate is only self love. I am a double feature. — Henry Rollins
Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied. — Stephen King
We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The human lust for… — Steven Pinker
We feel lonely now and then and long for friends and think we should be quite different and happier if we found a friend of… — Vincent Van Gogh
The endless, agonizing recycling of what might have been, soon followed by a litany of rationalizations and self-deceptions as you struggle to reconcile the void… — Jon Krakauer
No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid, and however unpleasant the truth may be, it is better to face it once and for all, to… — Bertrand Russell

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