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How self-deception allows people to lie
We lie to ourselves to protect our self-images, which allows us to act immorally while maintaining a clear conscience. According to the very latest research, self-deception may have even evolved to help us to persuade others; if we start believing our own lies, it’s much easier to get other people to believe them, too.
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“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to
succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”
― Abraham Lincoln
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“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”
― Marcus Aurelius
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“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
— Virginia Woolf
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5 Things to Remember When You Don’t Believe in Yourself – LifeHack
There can be many reasons that we don’t believe in ourselves:
- We don’t believe in ourselves because someone told us we shouldn’t.
- We fear failure, and we focus on all the times we have failed.
- We focus on the lack in our life instead of the abundance.
- We have never had the support to build up our self esteem in the first place.
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“Trust is the bedrock of social life at all levels, from romance and parenting to national government. Deception always undermines it. Because truth is so essential to the human enterprise, which relies on a shared view of reality, the default assumption most people have is that others are truthful in their communications and dealings. Most cultures have powerful social sanctions against lying.”