Quotes about Deception

Lord, show me how to gird up the core of my being with Your truth so that I don't fall into deception of any kind. Teach me to not only know Your truth, but to live in

Knowing the truth liberates us from all possibility of deception and illuminates any darkness in our life.

First we must understand that all of the world's deceptions flow from the belief that love is primarily for the fulfillment and comfort of the self. The world poisons love by focusing first and foremost on meeting one's own needs. Christ taught that love is not for the fulfillment of the self but for the Glory of God and the food of others. True love is selfless. It gives; it sacrifices; it dies to its own needs.

There is nothing more unloving than to be silent in the face of lies that will ruin another person.

We have to see that the human person needs the infinite. If God's not there, if the infinite isn't available, the human person creates its own paradises, giving the appearance of 'infinitude' that can only be a lie.

We all have insecurities, but some of us are better at covering them up.

The moment you begin a serious study of the scriptures, you will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the straight and narrow path.... When you begin to hunger & thirst after those words, you will find life in greater abundance.

Book of Mormon There is a power in the book of which will begin to flow into our lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait and narrow path.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest -- that would be like a blind man willing to see.

Satan's method has often been to imitate God. Satan is still using this form of deception, and often his representatives are being disguised as ministers of righteousness.

For Satan's deceptions to be successful, they must be so cunningly devised that his real purpose is concealed by wiles.

Students today want to know about the devil, about witchcraft, about the occult. Many people do not know they are turning to Satan. They are being deluded.