Quotes on Lying

The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.

Beneath the sophistication of Buddhist psychology lies the simplicity of compassion. We can touch into this compassion whenever the mind is quiet, whenever we allow the heart to open.

Let's not be naive, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.

It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

I heard the story of a man, a blasphemer...an atheist, who was converted singularly by a sinful action of his. He had written on a piece of paper, "God is nowhere," and ordered his child to read it, for he would make him an atheist too. The child spelled it, "God is n-o-w h-e-r-e. God is now here." It was a truth instead of a lie, and the arrow pierced the man's own heart.

In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.

Perfect people don't drink, don't fight, don't lie, don't make mistakes and...don't exist

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

The extraordinary lies in the path of ordinary people.

The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart.

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.

When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.

We must put up with our clothes as they are - they have their reason for existing. They are on us to expose us - to advertise what we wear them to conceal. They are a sign; a sign of insincerity; a sign of suppressed vanity; a pretense that we desire gorgeous colors and the graces of harmony and form; and we put them on to propagate that lie and back it up.

What have I eaten? Lies and smiles.