862 Quotes About Deception

Failure is blessing wrapped in the clothing of curse.

Politics: private interests masquerading as public concerns.

Sometimes people are boring not because they are boring but because they want to get rid of the person they are talking to.

The point is, our minds aren't as private as we like to imagine. Other people have partial visibility into what we're thinking. Faced with the translucency of our own minds, then, self-deception is often the most robust way to mislead others. It's not technically a lie (because it's not conscious or deliberate), but it has a similar effect. "We hide reality from our conscious minds," says Trivers, "the better to hide it from onlookers.

Fiction: a game of pretend.

And it is seldom easy to convince a person that he is playing the fool.

Removing the finish line is a useful tactic if your goal is to just keep running the race.

Защото между истинския и неистинския рай няма разлика сама по себе си. Ако знаеш, че си бил някъде, значи наистина си бил там.

- Наистина човекът е най-странното същество на света - прошепна. - Би искал да лети като орел, но няма неговите крила. Би искал да има силата на лъв, но няма неговите лапи. Колко ужасно несъвършен си го създал, господарю! И за наказание си му дал разум, силата да съзнава собствената си безпомощност.