42 Quotes About Lies-we-tell-ourselves

We are born atheist and we remain so until someone lies to us.

Lying is second nature to him... More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true.

We don't lie to protect the other person. We lie to protect ourselves from the consequences. We lie because we don't want to deal with our own feelings. We lie because we don't want things to change. Not by our hand. So a wall starts to build.

As old lies are laid to rest, new ones sprout from their ashes, as deadly as their ancestors

Don't spend your life believing a story about yourself that you didn't write that's been fed to you - that simply you've accepted, embedded and added to. Let the story go and there beneath is the real you...and your unique gifts, heart and path that await you.

Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard.

Fiction writers, magicians, politicians and priests are the only people rewarded for entertaining us with their lies

When you've grown up mis-educated, surrounded by fear and hate, unaware of your privilege, lies can sound like the truth.

The most common lie you will ever tell God is your opportunity to do the right thing was taken from you.