Corrupt Quote by William Godwin

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

— Plato

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

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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…

— Joan Didion

Self-deception helps us deceive.

— David Livingstone

“Self-deception is an indispensable element of war, and that despite the fact that wars are calculated and planned, there is a sense in which…

— David Livingstone Smith

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

Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself. He is humiliated by his simian ancestry, and tries to deny his…

— Upton Sinclair

None of our hearts are pure, we always have mixed motives. Are self deceivers, but the worst of all Deceits is to murmur 'Lord,…

— Louis MacNeice

When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception.

— Mardy Grothe

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

Our capacity for self-deception has no known limits

— Michael Novak

“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