Quotes about Deception
The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Who cares for you?' said Alice, (she had grown to her full size by this time.) 'You're nothing but a pack of cards!
— Lewis Carroll
There are very real forces that whisper lying innuendos that assault your mind, your will, and your emotions in the hope of causing you to turn on yourself and then to turn on others.
— Lisa Bevere
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1) How
— Lisa Bevere
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1:22) In
— Lisa Bevere
Satan attempts to twist the meaning and therefore the application of God's Word in the hope that we will misuse his promises for self-preservation
— Lisa Bevere
For some of us, our feelings are an idol. If we feel beautiful, we believe we are beautiful. If we feel good, we believe we are good. If we live by our feelings alone, they will lie to us and it will not be long before we are led astray.
— Lisa Bevere
Often the greatest poverty comes when we fail to realize what we have, just as the greatest deception comes when we do not know who we are.
— Lisa Bevere
We have got nowadays so that we divide lies into white lies and black lies, society lies and business lies, etc. The Word of God knows no such letting-down of the standard.
— DL Moody
Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
— Aesop
Those who consider the Devil to be a partisan of Evil and angels to be warriors for Good accept the demagogy of the angels. Things are clearly more complicated.
— Milan Kundera
Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves.
— Thomas Merton