Self Deception


The Sense of an Ending
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
I Told Me So: The Role of Self-Deception in Christian Living
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Self-Deception Unmasked
The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life
Self-Deception and Morality
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationship, Coming to Ourselves
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin
Hide and Seek: The Psychology of Self-Deception
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
La terra del rimorso
Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist
Saul Bellow
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love. ...more
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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