“American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.” ImportantReasonTruthLyingSimpleWorstTruth IsEthicsTraditionPropagandaTruthfulCredibleBelievablePersuasiveBeing TruthfulAmerican Tradition Author:Edward R. Murrow
“Vermont tradition is based on the idea that group life should leave each person as free as possible to arrange his own life. This freedom is the only climate in which (we feel) a human being may create his own happiness. ... Character itself lies deep and secret below the surface, unknown and unknowable by others. It is the mysterious core of life, which every man or woman has to cope with alone, to live with, to conquer and put in order, or to be defeated by.” MenFeelsShouldHumansMayPersonsIdeasCharacterLyingOrderHuman BeingsSecretGroupsTraditionClimateSurfaceCoreEvery ManMysteriousConquerDefeatedVermontBelow The Surface Author:Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“Every great religion on the planet, regardless of what spiritual or cultural tradition from which it is that it emerges, announces and declares that spiritual mastery is an open possibility for every member of the human race. If that is not true, then the highest promise of God is a lie.” IfsHumansSpiritualLyingRacePossibilityPlanetsPromiseMembersHighestTraditionHuman RaceMastery Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“The real goal of a spiritual tradition should not be ascent, but openness, vulnerability, and this does not require great experiences but, on the contrary, very ordinary ones. Charisma is easy; presence, self-remembering, is terribly difficult, and where the real work lies.” ShouldDoeRealSelfRememberSpiritualLyingEasyDifficultGoalWorkOrdinaryTraditionContraryVulnerabilityOpennessCharismaAscentGreat ExperiencesReal Work Author:Morris Berman
“Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families.” ChildrenSeemsLyingLanguageTraditionWindowSmall ChildDetectionFamily Tradition Author:Keith Henson