"The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self."

"Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of oth…"

"The capacity for self-deception, rarely acknowledged or understood by those who offer us supernatural answers to our …"

"Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting u…"

"It is never going to be possible for any of us to eliminate self deception completely from our lives and that some fo…"

"Most people are not liars. They can't tolerate too much cognitive dissonance. I don't want to deny that there are out…"

"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators,…"

"Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true."

"Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on …"

"The phrase, the world wants to be deceived, has become truer than had ever been intended. People are not only, as the…"