#deception

We are all tricked. We think that religion tells us what to believe; but it doesn't, it is telling us what not to believe. Atheism is not the absence of religion; atheism is the most undiluted form of religion: it tells us not to believe in anything at all. Atheists hate the religious and the religious hate atheists, but this is only a deception! We are all deceived! There is only one boat and we are all in it! All at the same time! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#deception #dogma #religion #the-great-deception #trickery

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me. ↗

— S.E. Hinton

#lying #self-deception #truth #time

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#attention

To understand yourself: Is that a discovery or a creation? ↗

— Pascal Mercier

#honesty #illusions #perception #personality #self-awareness

A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#humour #love #lovers #sheep #love

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. ↗

— Xun Zi

#animal #believe #boasts #conducts #deception

Naturally, I do blame Françoise. I blame her for having N in the first place. She was young, she was beautiful, she was married to a doctor, and she was intelligent. She could have abstained from producing her first son. It was wrong on a variety of levels. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. ↗

— Claude Debussy

#art #beautiful #become #deception #events

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#absolutely #both #charm #deception #life

Politicians are masters of the art of deception. ↗

— Martin L. Gross

#deception #masters #politicians