Truth Quotes

"We should be skeptical of our own judgments and decisions."

"Behavioral insights work because they respect human nature."

"Cheating is a lot easier than we think because we can rationalize it to ourselves."

"We spend more on things that remind us of our identity."

"We care deeply about honesty and behave more honestly when reminded of it."

"We want to see ourselves as honest, even if our behavior suggests otherwise."

"We become enslaved to our own rationalizations."

"We underestimate our own capacity for rationalization."

"Language is never neutral; it embeds historical power relations that must be examined."

"The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a reliable guide to the truth of those beliefs."

"The illusion of understanding may be one of the most widespread and costly of the cognitive biases."

"The pleasure we get from our beliefs about other people is not necessarily based on reality."

"What you see is all there is, and it determines your reality."

"The effort required to refute a false belief is much greater than to accept it in the first place."

"The coherence of a narrative is not a sign of its truth."

"Numbers can be manipulated to support almost any conclusion."

"We cannot appeal to a prediscursive reality; we are always already within language and interpretation."

"Frames determine what can be seen and what remains invisible to view."

"We must ask not only who speaks, but under what conditions speech becomes audible."

"Singularity cannot be fully represented; representation always involves loss."

"The other's singularity cannot be captured in language; it can only be approached."

"We must look beyond aggregate statistics to see how development actually affects individual lives."

"Every perspective is situated; recognizing this is crucial to seeking truth."

"Transparency and disclosure often don't work because people don't read the fine print."

"We are all subject to cognitive biases, and acknowledging this is the first step."

"The best nudges are transparent and easy to undo."

"We are not coldly rational beings; we are emotional creatures who sometimes think."

"The sunk cost fallacy keeps us trapped in bad decisions because of past investments."

"We think we're unique, but our biases are eerily similar to everyone else's."

"The greatest deception is self-deception, and we're all experts at it."