“Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.”
“…we all lie to ourselves; we tell our own selves more lies than we ever do other people.”
“Why is it a surprise to find that people other than ourselves are able to tell lies?”
“There were lies we told to save ourselves, and then there were lies we told to rescue others. What counted more, the mistruth, or the greater good?”
“It is not only by dint of lying to others, but also of lying to ourselves, that we cease to notice that we are lying.”
“The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.”