deceit

A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot.

No one ever developed their character by arranging their experiences in such a way that only __ood_ things are allowed to happen to them. Character is not purchased with a dance in the street. It is not cheap, and it__ hard to come by, owing partly to the fact that it is the heir of disappointment, frustration, betrayal and deceit. However, it is not the inheritance that matters so much as what you do with it. In the face of seemingly insurmountable problems what do you do, and why do you do it? The same holds for dramatic characters whose strength, courage, insight and wisdom have to be earned.

Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true. The consequence was a positively fanatic orgy of freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is intentionally being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression. Mistrust of every kind of authority grew out of this experience, a skeptical attitude toward the convictions that were alive in any specific social environment - an attitude that has never again left me.- Albert Einstein, Autobiographical Notes, edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp

Her suspicion brings me a small sense of gratification. She thinks I'm lying about something. Now we're even.Lake

Now, I don't believe that a god exists. I think that gods are creation of men, by men, and for men. What has happened over the many centuries now, the better part of two thousand in fact, is that God has been slowly and steadily accruing power. His church has been accruing power, and the men who run that church, and they are all men, are not about to give it up. If they give it up, they give up luxury, they give up comfort.

It is better to believe an obvious lie, than to swallow a deceitful truth.

People would say bad things about you, because it is the only way their insignificant self can feel better than you.

Truth is ugly that is why we don't like it

The first generation of therapists doing this work were told by their clients that the one massive cult was everywhere, knew everything, had access to state-of-the-art technology, and was willing to kill both clients and therapists to stop the information from getting out." []"The reality is that even before stories of ritual abuse and mind control began coming out to therapists, the groups had agreed on what kind of disinformation to spread, so that clients would be afraid to tell their therapists what had happened to them, and therapists would be afraid to work with these clients." [ ]"We know that there is not one massive Satanic cult, but many different interrelated groups, including religious, military/political, and organized crime, using mind control on children and adult survivors. We know that there are effective treatments. We know that many of the paralyzing beliefs our clients lived by are the results of lies and tricks perpetrated by their abusers.

I've learned that sometimes a smile represents the greatest form of deceit.

Love hadn__ existed in this world. Only hate, deceit and lies, but by letting him in I__ let all of that crumble.By letting me in he__ done the same, and now we were engaged in an even deadlier game than before.

Lies are the first step to the violent protection of them

Too old for dolls. Too ill for tablets.

Lies don't fit snugly into disguises. Eventually the cloak falls off and you're left staring at the naked truth which is always an uncomfortable situation.

I would rather live a life alone, than live a life built on lies, deceit and manipulation".

Telling the truth may cause a few seconds of pain, but there's no medicine that can manage the pain of keeping lies.

Having two women__ne who can__ know about the other, and one who must be trusted not to destroy his life__s clearly difficult for him.

With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.