Self-deception helps us deceive,

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Being in love is dangerous because you talk yourself into thinking you've never had it so good.

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible

People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.