268 quotes found
“What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.”
“I'd lost all faith in everything, except for the certainty that there's always someone behind our backs waiting to deceive us.”
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are fa...”
“Kurti had believed in politics, and politics had deceived him, the way politics deceives everyone.”
“Princes give rewards with their own hands,But death or punishment by the hands of other.”
“We see what we want to see, what we expect to see, instead of what's really there. I don't think we do it on purpose, most of the time. We just get kind of stuck. We start thinking that the way thi...”
“The reality and the deception are the ‘perceptions’ as of colors- say of black and white in this multicolored world.”
“To embellish reality with makeup, with silk and royal purple, isn’t that what we all should be doing? Beneath the life we live every day the silk and the purple are hiding, waiting for us. A person...”
“What was to be the value of the long looked forward to,Long hoped for calm, the autumnal serenityAnd the wisdom of age? Had they deceived usOr deceived themselves, the quiet-voiced elders,Bequeathi...”
“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.”
“Questions are only offensive to those who have something to hide”
“Walking away from bad situations and negative people sets a healthier tone for the rest of your life. It also gives those who do not know any better the opportunity to self-correct.”
“Your nature may carry deception and lies, but then it won’t stop me from loving you”
“Lies are like cockroaches, for every one you discover there are many more that are hidden.”
“And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He!’ and will mislead many.”Here Christ cautions His present and future disciples from ...”
“It’s not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth — but not all of it. ...”
“Some of today’s slaves sleep on king size beds.”
“Once a person has been poisoned by self-deception, he can't make decisions about himself as neatly as all that," Himiko said, elaborating her friend's terrific prophecy; " You won't get a divorce B...”
“But this is deception. It’s moving very fast, and just because you can’t see and feel it, doesn’t mean it’s not the truth.”
“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
