“Lie to yourself until it's true.”

“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.”

Alan Moore V for Vendetta

“Knowing Yourself - The true in the false, gradually strips away all self-delusion until all that remains is pure being.”

Barry Long (1926–2003) Australian spiritual teacher and writer

“Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else. ”

Josh Hartnett (1978) actor and producer

“Above all, don't lie to yourself.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

“[Twilight] argues that true love will triumph in the end, which may or may not be true, but if it's a lie, it's the most beautiful lie we have.”

John Green (1977) American author and vlogger

“The more you try to simplify things the more you complicate them. You create rules, build walls, push people away, lie to yourself and ignore true feelings. That is not simplifying things.”

Cecelia Ahern book If You Could See Me Now

“Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

“You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself.”

Barry Hannah (1942–2010) Short story writer, novelist, professor

“Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying”

Holly Black book White Cat