Quotes About Self-deception

Denial is a seductive ruse of our own making, force-fitting our agendas by forcing out truth all because we bent to fear rather than bowed to God.

He wasn't a good person, but I painted him to be and since I painted it, I believed it.

If you're lying to everyone you know, including yourself, at every possible turn, is a little upheaval really the worst that could happen to your life right now?

Being dishonest to himself is the biggest crime any human can make

I became good at pretending. I became so good that after a while the lines blurred between my truth and fiction. And sometimes, when I did a really good job of pretending, I even fooled myself.

An Important thing : never lie to yourself, for real... worst thing is when you lie to yourself, you just keep doing it and you don't know.

Food, clothing and shelter — these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

Far more critical than what we know or what we don't know is what we don't want to know.

There are two types of liers...those that lie to others, and those that lie to themselves.

T]hose who insist they've got their 'shit together' are usually standing in it at the time. (16)

At 31 years of age, Fred West was a big man trapped in a little man's body. He thought himself to be a gynecologist and Warren Beatty look-a-like all rolled into one … the surgeon and the stud.

I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.

Frankly, it's easy to fall into the trap of lying to ourselves about a negative routine. You might think an action (like drinking) is an innocent thing that "sometimes" gets out of control. However, the people around you might have a different opinion. Perhaps they feel this habit is the sign of a deep-seated addiction that needs immediate attention.

I cannot help what I am – and that is the first lie, the one I uttered to myself long ago.

We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.

The guilty always find a way of rationalizing their behavior, making it sound as though they've done you a favor.

Do not expect people to tell you the truth because they also lie to themselves.

You lie to yourself just to make yourself right. Then you make assumptions, and one of the assumptions is "My love will change this person." But this is not true. Your love will not change anybody. If others change, it's because they want to change, not because you can change them.

Can you see the consequences of believing yourself? Believing yourself is one of the worst things you can do because you've been telling yourself lies your whole life, and if you believe all those lies, that's why your dream isn't a pleasant dream.

A menudo, cuando inicias una relación con alguien que te gusta, tienes que justificar por qué te gusta. Sólo ves lo que quieres ver y niegas que algunos aspectos de esa persona te disgustan. Te mientes a ti mismo con el único fin de sentir que tienes razón. Después haces suposiciones, y una de ellas es: «Mi amor cambiará a esta persona». Pero no es verdad. Tu amor no cambiará a nadie. Si las personas cambian es porque quieren

Ne obmanjuj makar samoga sebe.

Con que ligereza y con qué defectuosos materiales edifica el hombre sus excusas!

No se trataba más bien de la histeria de un hombre que en lo más profundo de su alma ha tomado conciencia de su incapacidad de amar y que por eso mismo empieza a fingir amor ante sí mismo?