“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who 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.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dylano | Essayfultwitter.com“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who 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.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky
It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it.
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
The important thing is not to lie to yourself. He who lies to himself and listens to his own lies reaches a state in which he no longer recognizes truth either in himself or in others, and so he ceases to respect both himself and others.
Fyodor Dostoevsky • The Karamazov Brothers (Oxford World's Classics)
Mathilde, je te demande de ne pas sous-estimer ma situation : je me bats pour trouver le sens de ma vie, de ma vie tout entière. Chaque homme a des devoirs envers les autres, mais encore plus envers lui-même. Il…
Irvin Yalom • Et Nietzsche a pleuré (Littérature) (French Edition)
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” —Richard P. Feynman