A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense.
— Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Show more
A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense. — Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Show more
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)
There was something in him that told one, that convinced one (and it was so all his life afterwards) that he did not want to be a judge of men, that he would not take judgment upon himself and would not condemn anyone for
Larissa Volokhonsky • The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
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.
Debbie Ford • Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming your power, creativity, brilliance, and dreams
When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us.