Deception Quotes - Page 13

• Bayle, when writing on "Comets," discovered this; for having collected many things applicable to his work, as they stood quoted in some modern writers, when he came to compare them with their originals, he was surprised to find that they were nothing for his purpose! the originals conveyed a quite contrary sense to that of the pretended quoters, who often, from innocent blundering, and sometimes from purposed deception, had falsified their quotations. This is an useful story for second-hand authorities!

  Isaac D'Israeli

  Writing, Hands, Purpose

  4 Copy quote

• The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

  Said Nursi

  Truth, Deceived, Deceptive

  Said Nursi (2005). “The Words: The Reconstruction of Islamic Belief and Thought”, p.250, Tughra Books

  61 Copy quote

  Show source

• It wasn't a deception: all lovers live on partial knowledge.

  Teju Cole

  Lovers

  Teju Cole (2011). “Open City: A Novel”, p.70, Random House

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The history of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Government, Management, Incessant

  12 Copy quote

• To create conditions in which competition will be as effective as possible, to prevent fraud and deception, to break up monopolies- these tasks provide a wide and unquestioned field for state activity.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Competition, Tasks, Investing

  14 Copy quote

• Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

  Plato

  Plato, Philosophical, Men

  16 Copy quote

• These are all cases of proved or presumptive baloney. A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the victim is caught up in a powerful emotion -- wonder, fear, greed, grief. Credulous acceptance of baloney can cost you money; that's what P. T. Barnum meant when he said, 'There's a sucker born every minute.' But it can be much more dangerous than that, and when governments and societies lose the capacity for critical thinking, the results can be catastrophic -- however sympathetic we may be to those who have bought the baloney.

  Carl Sagan

  Powerful, Grief, Acceptance

  Carl Sagan (2011). “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.209, Ballantine Books

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it is often inadequate. If this were not so, the concept of deception would be meaningless.

  Dalai Lama

  Humility, Reality, Perception

  The Dalai Lama (2012). “The Essence Of Wisdom”, p.15, Hachette UK

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them.

  Gautama Buddha

  Change, Trust, Pain

  20 Copy quote

• Belief is a deception you play upon yourself.

  Rajneesh

  Play, Belief, Belief In Self

  8 Copy quote

• Our life-style contains more Thanatos than Eros, for egotism, exploitation, deception, obsession and addiction have more place in us than eroticism, joy, generosity and spontaneity.

  Germaine Greer

  Women, Generosity, Addiction

  Germaine Greer (1972). “The female eunuch”

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.

  Louise Colet

  Art, Successful, Flirting

  9 Copy quote

• The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Lying, Fundamentals

  R. C. Sproul (2009). “Knowing Scripture”, p.33, InterVarsity Press

  21 Copy quote

  Show source

• To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the world's ideals and standards that it has lost its ability to stem the tide of crime, deception and immorality that is sweeping the nation. For millions of church members there is no deep commitment to the cause of Christ, no regularity of attendance at public worship, no sacrificial giving, no personal religious discipline.

  Billy Graham

  Christian, Religious, Commitment

  10 Copy quote

• The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reason through false appearances, and the senses are disturbed by passions, which produce false impressions.

  Blaise Pascal

  Passion, Two, Principles

  Blaise Pascal (1966). “Pascal Pensées”, Penguin Classics

  73 Copy quote

  Show source

• If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Roots, Self, Want

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.233, Penguin

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• The philosophy of praxis does not aim at the peaceful resolution of existing contradictions in history and society, but is the very theory of these contradictions. It is not the instrument of government of the dominant groups in order to gain the consent and exercise hegemony over the subaltern classes. It is the expression of subaltern classes who want to educate themselves in the art of government and who have an interest in knowing all truths, even the unpleasant ones, and in avoiding the impossible deceptions of the upper class, and even more their own.

  Antonio Gramsci

  Art, Philosophy, Exercise

  237 Copy quote

• It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Lying, Hype, Deceit

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book II". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.

  45 Copy quote

  Show source

• As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the same time try to resist corruption and deception. In other words, I must do my utmost to act in harmony with my conscience and my better self.

  Vaclav Havel

  Self, Understanding, Trying

  14 Copy quote

• When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily deceived.

  Dean Koontz

  Liars, Lying, Ability

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.252, Bantam

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• The belief that happiness has to be deserved has led to centuries of pain, guilt, and deception. So firmly have we clung to this single, illusory belief that we've almost forgotten the real truth about happiness. So busy are we trying to deserve happiness that we no longer have much time for ideas such as: Happiness is natural, happiness is a birthright, happiness is free, happiness is a choice, happiness is within, and happiness is being. The moment you believe that happiness has to be deserved, you must toil forevermore.

  Robert Holden

  Pain, Real, Believe

  Robert Holden (2011). “Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast”, p.100, Hay House, Inc

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• Like Karl Kraus [Wittgenstein], was seldom pleased by what he saw of the institutions of men, and the idiom of the passerby mostly offended his ear - particularly when they happened to speak philosophically; and like Karl Kraus, he suspected that the institutions could not but be corrupt if the idiom of the race was confused, presumptuous, and vacuous, a fabric of nonsense, untruth, deception, and self-deception.

  Thomas Szasz

  Confused, Men, Race

  "Anti-Freud: Karl Kraus's Criticism of Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry". Book by Thomas Szasz and Karl Kraus (p. 67), March 1, 1990.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• When the time comes I will go joyfully. Whatever may be there, it will be real, without complication, without ridicule, without deception.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Real, May, Ridicule

  Isaac Bashevis Singer (1982). “The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer”, Vintage

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• The human face is a weak guarantee; yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows; I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Promise, Wicked, Guarantees

  4 Copy quote

• If, however, a government refrains from regulations and allows matters to take their course, essential commodities soon attain a level of price out of the reach of all but the rich, the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent, and the fraud upon the public can be concealed no longer.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Money, Government, Essentials

  John Maynard Keynes (1929). “The Economic Consequences of the Peace: The classic text on the Treaty of Versailles and post war Europe”, p.141, Harriman House Limited

  44 Copy quote

  Show source