Again and again Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Our capacity for self-deception has no known limits

— Michael Novak

“There’s no greater perjury than self-deception. Lying to ourselves puts to death our definitive truth. Confronting the lies we’ve told ourselves, no matter how…

— Jason Versey

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

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

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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

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,…

— Bertrand Russell

“Although to be driven back upon oneself is an uneasy affair at best, rather like trying to cross a border with borrowed credentials, it…

— Joan Didion

“But self-deception of this kind (ed persecution) cannot lead to any solid happiness. In the back of your mind you will know that the…

— Bertrand Russell

The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique.

— David Byrne

Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort.

— Orrin Woodward

Self-deception is so far from impossible that it is one of the most ordinary phenomena with which we are acquainted. Nothing is more usual…

— William Godwin