Quotes by Deception If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that we actually believe. I’m not saying that the truth doesn’t matter. It does. But self-deception is how we survive. Errol Morris deception self believe Consciousness is a singular of which the plural is unknown. There is only one thing and that which seems to be a plurality is merely a series of different aspects of this one thing, produced by a deception, the Indian maya, as in a gallery of mirrors. Erwin Schrodinger deception different mirrors If your aim is life is pursuing truth, one of the things you might want to study is why deception is so common in life. Eugene Burger deception want might The moment you begin a serious study of the scriptures, you will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the straight and narrow path.... When you begin to hunger & thirst after those words, you will find life in greater abundance. Ezra Taft Benson deception temptation path You must keep your honor! You can't speak for the country; you can do little about the national economy or actions of moral weaklings who excuse themselves with the expression, "That is politics; nor can you be responsible for deception in others. But you are responsible for yourself! There are no collective panaceas - only individual ones." Ezra Taft Benson deception expression country One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom and limit happiness. Ezra Taft Benson satan deception limits Art lies because it's social. Fernando Pessoa deception lying art If you want to convey fact, this can only ever be done through a form of distortion. You must distort to transform what is called appearance into image. Francis Bacon deception done want We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld deception self enemy The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion. Frank Herbert illusion deception A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived. Francois de La Rochefoucauld deception deceiving men The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld deception self thinking You are never so easily fooled as when trying to fool someone else. Francois de La Rochefoucauld fool deception trying We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld deceiving-others deception tears I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love; I have learned to lose and to resign myself. Franz Grillparzer torture deception lost Everything is deception: seeking the minimum of illusion, keeping within the ordinary limitations, seeking the maximum. In the first case one cheats the Good, by trying to make it too easy for oneself to get it, and the Evil by imposing all too unfavorable conditions of warfare on it. In the second case one cheats the Good by keeping as aloof from it as possible, and the Evil by hoping to make it powerless through intensifying it to the utmost. Franz Kafka deception evil trying Euphemisms, like fashions, have their day and pass, perhaps to return at another time. Like the guests at a masquerade ball, they enjoy social approval only so long as they retain the capacity for deception. Freda Adler deception fashion long The history of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception. Friedrich August von Hayek deception government management A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived. Francois de La Rochefoucauld deception love men In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust. Francois de La Rochefoucauld deceit deception love «1234567891011»
