Deceit Quote by Tim O'Brien

Any given man sees only a tiny portion of the total truth, and very often, in fact almost ... perpetually, he deliberately deceives himself…

— Philip K. Dick

“Engaging in deceitfulness is a slap in God’s face and has dire consequences. When we make a choice not to trust Him to handle…

— Deborah Smith Pegues

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.

— Maria Montessori

In the essence of truth lies deceit.

— Dejan Stojanovic

The deceit, the lie of the Devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Were you lying?" "I never lie," he said piously. "About what?" "The sand, the snake." For a young man who never lied, he seemed…

— Megan Whalen Turner

So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice...

— William Faulkner

Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who…

— Criss Jami

I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and liar who has…

— Ingmar Bergman

Choose what to believe. He wanted the truth. Why was everybody so determined that he should not get it.

— Anonymous

It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In the essence of truth lies deceit. Deceit dispels the boredom of the Absolute.

— Dejan Stojanovic