Self Deception Quotes

"It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice." "He does not believe that does not live according to his belief." "Self-deception is a plant which withers fast in the pellucid atmosphere of dream investigation." "Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation." "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." "Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others." "Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish" "I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie" "The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool" "Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess" "To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others and his idleness from himself" "Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction."