A lie consists in speaking a falsehood with the intention of deceiving.
- Topic: Speech, Truth
- Location: Oceanside, Oregon
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
Unless you believe you will not understand.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
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A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
If you can't find the truth right where you are, where else do you think you will find it.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If all people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.
It was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.
No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
