The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.

one of the most fascinating and effective kinds of lying is self-deception.

There is no language without deceit.

She was incurably dishonest.

It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.

Not just Darkness but the silent kind
that steals your soul and kills your mind

The worst thing thou has to fear is the treachery of thine own heart.

The great corporation which employed you lied to you, and lied to the whole country — from top to bottom it was nothing but one gigantic lie.

Human beings seem to have an almost unlimited capacity to deceive themselves, and to deceive themselves into taking their own lies for truth.

The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.

The ultimate dystopia is the inside of one’s own head.

They are committing the greatest indignity human beings can inflict on one another: telling people who have suffered excruciating pain and loss that their pain and loss were illusions. (v)

The pure soul is a pure lie.

The ultimate, unqualified mystery is beyond Human experience