Philosophy Quote by Ryan Holiday

“and there was only one revolutionary virtue which he had not learned, the virtue of self-deception”

— Arthur Koestler

“Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that…

— Clare Boothe Luce

What is the most fascinating kind of self-deception to me, and a kind that isn't necessarily unhealthy, is what Friedrich Nietzsche called "strategic self-deception."…

— Clancy Martin

“Heraclitus once said "we cannot exist without strife" but that does not mean we cannot co-exist without it.”

— Anike Kirsten

“Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and philosopher, wrote, “Every morning when I leave my house, I say to myself, ‘Today I shall meet an…

— Dorothy Grover Bolton

“Deceit or anything that involves self-deception is the source of corruption within an individual.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Deception to a noble end, though regrettable, was sometimes necessary for a greater good. Lying for selfish reasons was the fertile dirt of immorality,…

— Terry Goodkind

“The practice of deception is foolishness because the truth always eventually surfaces.”

— Hayley Solich

“The path of truth is profound—and so are the obstacles and possibilities for self-deception.”

— Chögyam Trungpa

“self-delusion was the easiest of all deceptions.”

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

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

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

— Plato