Lie Quotes
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.Joseph Conrad
Within the problem lies the solution.Milton Katselas
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.Andre Norton
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.Ludwig Erhard
Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith in him is unless he knew where his believers are.Martin Luthe
Generations to come will find it difficult to believe that a man such as Gandhi ever walked the face of this earth.Albert Einstein
I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.Camille Paglia
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.Montesquieu
Our minds thus grow in spots and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.William James
In order to suceed, We must first believe that we can.Michael Korda
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.James Thurbe
We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.Walter Savage Lando
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.Mark Twain
Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time
Go tell the Spartans, Passerby, That here, obedient to their laws, We lie.Simonides, Epitaph for the Spartans who fell at Thermopylae
Man is a make - Believe animal - He is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.William Hazlitt
We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.Alfred Jarry
To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.William Wordsworth, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood", 1803
I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves.Kahlil Gibran, The Broken Wings
The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.Adolph Hitle
If someone tells you who they are, believe them.Maya Angelou
Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.Felix Cohen
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.Hermann Hesse
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.Pablo Picasso
I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye.Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson
I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.Albert Einstein
Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.The Talmud
I wanted to become the seeker, the aroused and passionate explorer, and it was better going at it knowing nothing at all, always choosing the unmarked bottle, always choosing your own unproven method, armed with nothing but faith and a belief in astonishment.Pat Conroy, "The Lords of Discipline".
I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven.Richard Wagne
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Self - Loving is not so vile a sin, my liege, as self - Neglecting.William Shakespeare
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.Alice Walke
The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.Kahlil Gibran
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.Voltaire
Most history is a record of triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who made no nuisance of themselves in the world.Philip Howard
I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.Tom Robbins
Memory says, I did that. Pride replies, I could not have done that. Eventually memory yields.Friedrich Nietzsche, from the book Lies my Teacher Told Me. By James W. Loewen (1995)
