"One is never deceived; one deceives oneself...." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
More by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
More on Self Deception
“We deceive ourselves when giving respect to the person for whom we have surrendered ourselves, when we respectively expect them to be as we would wish them to be.”
“Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd”
“I am too much in love with my lies and hypocrisies not to confess them fervently.”
More on Truth
“Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.”
“Academic chairs are many, but wise and noble teachers are few; lecture-rooms are numerous and large, but the number of young people who genuinely thirst after truth and justice is small”
“All action begins in rest... This is the ultimate truth.”