Nothing is easier than self-deceit

“Man is what he believes.”     George Herbert Allen

“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.”     Bhagavad Gita

“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.”     André Gide

“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ’tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.”     Benjamin Franklin

“To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men-that is genius.”     Ralph Waldo Emerson