Also Quote by Michael Shermer

Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

— George Santayana

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

— Russ Roberts

“What is the danger in the personalization era? Psychologists call it confirmation bias—“a tendency to believe things that reinforce our existing views, to see…

— Craig Detweiler

The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one's self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate self-awareness is…

— Bhikkhu Analayo

“There may be important things right in front of you that you aren’t noticing due to the illusion of attention. Now that you know…

— Joseph Heath

Self-confidence results, first, from exact knowledge; second, the ability to impart that knowledge.

— Napoleon Hill

“Confirmation bias is our innate tendency to pay more attention to information that confirms our beliefs.[”

— Cindy Alvarez

“The human tendency toward confirmatory thinking - all of us are bias to seek information that fits what we already believe.”

— Valerie Tarico

Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing, tending to make man shallow or insane.

— Karl Shapiro

“Part of the answer is that self-knowledge has never been one of our strong points. To the contrary, even the most elemental knowledge of…

— John A. Sanford

“Every time we pretend to know something, we are doing the same: protecting our own reputation rather than promoting the collective good. None of…

— Steven D. Levitt

“SELF-CONFIDENCE IMPLIES THAT YOU ARE CONVINCED YOU CAN ACT UPON YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE.”

— Théun Mares