Quotes
Quotes about Deception
If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I change; for I search after truth, by which man never yet was harmed. But he is harmed who abideth on still in his deception and ignorance.
The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066 Our wills are not ours to be crushed and broken; they are ours to be trained and strengthened. Our affections are not ours to be blighted and crucified; they are ours to be deepened and purified. The rich opportunities of life are not held out to us only to be snatched away by an invisible hand patiently waiting for the hour when the cup is sweetest; they are given to us that we may grow, alike through their rise or their withdrawal. They are real, they are sweet, and they are worthy of our longing for them; we gain nothing by calling them dross, or the world an illusion, or ourselves the victims of deception, or by exalting renunciation as the highest virtue. When these opportunities are denied us, it is a real, not an imaginary, loss which we sustain; and our part is not that of bare renunciation, of simple surrender; our part is to recognize the loss, to bear the pain, and to find a deeper and richer life in doing the will of God.
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception.
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness but weakness; and one instance of their hatred of weakness is hatred of self. All the passionate pursuits of the weak are in some degree a striving to escape, blur, or disguise an unwanted self. It is a striving shot through with malice, envy, self-deception, and a host of petty impulses; yet it often culminates in superb achievements.
