Daniel Kahneman Quotes

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

It might be said that the pose of absolute honesty is the most dishonest one of all.

Truth is, in fact, an elusive concept. It depends almost entirely on where you are standing at the time. It is a human instinct to confuse belief with truth.

How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not being able to penetrate into what it is to believe.

Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth lives.

Illusions are the truths we live by until we know better.

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

The truth is still the truth whether or not you believe it. Can we say the same about lies? No, lies only exist because we believe them. If we don't believe in lies, they simply disappear.

Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.

All the stories are fictions. What matters is which fiction you believe.

If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Perhaps life is actually more confusing and unknowable to an adult than a child, but grown-ups have learned to deceive themselves and act as if they understand what's going on; and some are elected to high office on the basis of their ability to create this impression.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not honest.

I abhor hypocrisy.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.