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“Be paralyzed whenever you want to write anything. You were so wrong for so many years, so incredibly good at lying to yourself, and given that, how could you possibly think you’ll ever put a pen to paper and say something true?”

Book:How to Become a Really Really Not Famous Trans Lady Writer

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“In her inmost heart Lily knew it was not by appealing to the fraternal instinct that she was likely to move Gus Trenor; but this way of explaining the situation helped to drape its crudity, and she was always scrupulous about keeping up appearances to herself. Her personal fastidiousness had a moral equivalent, and when she made a tour of inspection in her own mind, there were certain closed doors she did not open.”

Self Deception

Book:The House of Mirth

Source: The House of Mirth

“The best you can do is the best that you can do; just make sure that you are actually doing the best that you can do and not deceiving yourself.”

Inner Peace Self Deception Do Your Best Bohdi Sanders Quotes Bohdi Sanders Do Your Best Each Day Do Your Best With What You Have The Best That You Can Do

Book:The Art of Inner Peace: The Law of Attraction for Inner Peace

Source: The Art of Inner Peace: The Law of Attraction for Inner Peace

“We propose a general division of delusions; “self deceptions of common feats" (like mysticism, erotomania, identity delusions, possession delusions, grandiose delusions) and "self deception of shield feats" (delusions of jealousy, delusions of reference as being slandered, persecution as being poisoned). The theory of the shield feats can be the connecting piece between self deception and delusions, because although always delusions of grandiosity could easily be understood as self deception to enjoy a more pleasant world, the frequency of negative delusions seems to destroy this simplistic hypothesis. However , when considering the shield feats, then it is the link that connects the intuitive hypothesis of self-deception with psychosis , which happens to be understood as a continuum of the same phenomenon”

Psychology Delusion Self Deception Psychosis Delusions Of Grandeur Delusional Love Erotomania

Book:THE SHIELD FEATS THEORY: a different hypothesis concerning the etiology of delusions and other disorders.

Source: THE SHIELD FEATS THEORY: a different hypothesis concerning the etiology of delusions and other disorders.

“When modern man gets rid of an old, shameful illusion, he usually replaces it with a new one, subtler and more sophisticated, and therefore more potent.”

Illusion Delusion Self Deception Modern Man Coping Mechanism

Author:Giannis Delimitsos

“What is my personal history if not the heroic narrative created by myself in order to inform myself about who myself is, assisted by my tactically biased and fickle memory?”

Self Memory Narrative Self Knowledge Autobiography Self Deception Past Life Biases Personal History

Author:Giannis Delimitsos

“What is my personal history if not the heroic narrative created by myself in an attempt to inform myself about who myself is, assisted by my tactically biased and fickle memory?”

Memory Narrative Human Life Bias Self Knowledge Autobiography Self Deception Personal History

Author:Giannis Delimitsos

“And until now, I thought it was only your humanity in question but it seems I lacked empathy for myself to accept a flatline and call it love.”

Poetry Relationships Awareness Self Love Empathy Self Deception Empath Indie Author Zine

Book:Table for One zine

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“The level of our authenticity is marked by our level of self-deception.”

Authenticity Self Deception

Book:The Unfolding: A Journey of Involution

Source: The Unfolding: A Journey of Involution

“Possibly the greatest failure is to be overrun by our failures, and yet somehow declare that the failures evidence the value of what we continue to fail at.”

Ignorance Stupidity Foolish Justify Fail Self Deception Failures Rationalize

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If you want a brighter tomorrow, build it today”

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Author:Onipede Ayomide

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