Quotes on Moral Evasion and Self-Deception

 Self-Deception & Moral Evasion: Today's Quotes Explore self-deception & justifications for bad behavior with proverbs & quotes on dishonesty & avoiding responsibility.

⊙ Quote Of The Day: Self-Deception and Moral Evasion

The cat shuts its eyes while it steals creams.

- Unknown -

This proverb expresses the psychology of people who know that their behavior is wrong but, when they do something wrong, they close their eyes and hope that it will go undetected. When faced with the temptation to do something bad, they might close their eyes, hoping it will somehow make the act disappear. Closing their eyes indicates an intention not to see what they're doing wrong, which in turn is an act of self-deception. People try to justify their immoral or wrong behavior or act as if it didn't happen.

⊙ Quotes on Moral Avoidance and Deceptive Behavior

These quotes reflect on moral evasion, self-deception, and behaviors where individuals attempt to evade truth or responsibility.

• ​Never stop being a good person because of bad people. - Unknown

• A crow is never whiter for washing herself often. - Proverbs

• There's no honor among thieves. - Proverbs

• Bury your head in the sand. - Proverbs

• The tree is known by its fruit. - Luke 6:43-45

• See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. - Three wise monkeys

• A wolf in sheep's clothing - Aesop's Fables

• When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you. - Friedrich Nietzsche

• If you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you. - Friedrich Nietzsche

• The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. - Friedrich Nietzsche

• The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments. - Friedrich Nietzsche

• That which is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil. - Friedrich Nietzsche

• Perhaps the worst sin in the life is knowing right and not doing it. - Martin Luther King, Jr

• All that glitters is not gold. - William Shakespeare

Additional resources:

Lies: The Double-Edged Sword of Deception and Self-Deception

The Power of Truth: Quotes to Guide Your Honesty

The relationship between money and truth - Russian Proverbs

Repeating a Lie: The Deceptive Power

Stay Alert: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing Among Us

True Beauty Lies Within : Don't Be Fooled by a Pretty Face

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