Quotes on “self-deception”

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency -- the belief that the here and now is all there is.