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“Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it.”

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Author:Adolf Hitler

“I am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and doctors know how necessary and how helpful lies are to men.”

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Author:Anatole France

“No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.”

Men Lying Half Knowledge

Author:Khalil Gibran

“There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.”

Ifs Care Earth Lying Steps Knowledge Feet Streets Walking Busy Pace Jewels Crowded Careless Brightness Gems Wondrous Treading Crowded Streets

Author:Rudyard Kipling

“The great Tibetan meditator Gungtang Jampelyang once asked 'What is the difference between a wise man and a fool?' The difference lies in their intention. A wise person is someone who has a good intention, not someone who merely possesses knowledge.”

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Book:Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment

Source: Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment

“Our salvation lies not in knowing, but in creating!”

Lying Knowledge Creativity Knowing Creating Salvation

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“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.”

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Author:James Truslow Adams

“By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.”

“Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense.”

Love Believe Whole Wisdom Might Lying Hope Wish Knowledge Concepts Universal Species Welfare Universal Love Selfish Gene

Author:Richard Dawkins