Psalm 139:23-24 (NRSVUE)
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Search me, O God, and know my heart.
Fyodor Dostoevsky, from The Brothers Karamazov
(translated by Michael R. Katz)
"The main thing is, stop telling lies to yourself.
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lies
reaches a point where he cannot recognize any truth
in himself or in anyone surrounding him,
and so he loses all respect for himself and for others.
Once he respects no one, he stops loving;
to occupy and distract himself,
he yields to passions and coarse inclinations
and ultimately sinks to bestiality in all his vices,
and all this comes from incessant lying to himself and to others."
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