24 Quotes by Paul Ekman

People also smile when they are miserable.

Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces And Feelings To Improve Communication And Emotional Life.

Lying is a deliberate choice to mislead a target without giving any notification of the intent to do so. There are two major forms of lying: concealment, leaving out true information; and falsification, or presenting false information as if it were true.

Most liars can fool most people most of the time.

MOST LIES succeed because no one goes through the work to figure out how to catch them.

No important relationship survives if trust is totally lost.

People do misinterpret events, especially the meaning of other people’s actions and the motives that lead people to act one way or another.

The distinction between shame and guilt is very important, since these two emotions may tear a person in opposite directions. The wish to relieve guilt may motivate a confession, but the wish to avoid the humiliation of shame may prevent it.

Impatience can be very good by helping us not put up with tyranny, but it can distort our view of what is possible and how to bring about change. We have to cultivate patience so that our perception isn’t distorted.