“The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.” - Nietzsche

“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.” - Nietzsche

“The illusion of understanding is the root of all failure.” - Taleb

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.” - DFW

“He had everything, but not the thing he needed — the knowledge of how not to lie to himself.” - Tolstoy

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own soul.” - C.G Jung

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”

“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.” - Dostoyevsky

“A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense. It is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn’t it?” - Dostoyevsky

“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” - Neitzsche