Above all, do not lie to yourself.
Above all, don't lie to yourself.
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.
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.
People will never forget how you made them feel.
The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.
Jace,” she said. “Why are you doing this to me?” “Because you’re lying to me. And you’re lying to yourself.” Jace’s eyes were blazing, and even though his hands were stuffed into his pockets, she could see that they were knotted into fists.
Lying to yourself is easy, too. I know. It's much harder to stay and deal with consequences.
All the things that are negative in me as a person - the incompetence and despair and weakness and pain - are like a gift from God in a performer. If you don't hide them and if you stop lying to yourself about what you are and are not, there is a ring or a tent or a stage where you can take them and use them to make something beautiful.
Lying to other people is fine and usually funny, but lying to yourself is tacky.
It is only when you're lying to yourself or hating some aspect of yourself that you'll get an emotional charge from someone else's behavior.
The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have it in our teens, 20s and 30s and then lose it; most of us have it not at all. And that's perfectly okay. But lying to yourself that you have it when you don't seems to me simple-minded at best and psychotic at worst.
I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself.
or simply:
