“If I have one wish which is greater than another, it is, if I had the power, to make men do right; to make them stop their swearing, their lying, their deceiving, to stop trying to injure the innocent, and begin to be honest and upright in all their dealings with one another and honor the name of the Deity.” IfsMenTryingLyingNamesWishGreaterHonestHonorInnocentBeing HonestDeceivingDeitiesStop TryingSwearingDealings Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.” BelieveRealSelfStatesWishEasyExpectationsDeceivingInconsistent Author:Demosthenes
“We have great power to see the truth when the truth is all we wish to see; but what is easier than to credit what we desire? and can a man deceive anyone so easily as himself?” MenTruthDesireWishEasierTruth IsCreditDeceivingGreat Power Author:James Vila Blake
“When I say that children should be told about sex, I do not mean that they should be told only the bare physiological facts; they should be told whatever they wish to know. There should be no attempt to represent adults as more virtuous than they are, or sex as occurring only in marriage. There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied, they lose confidence in them, and feel justified in lying to them.” KnowsFeelsShouldMeanChildrenFactsHappensLyingWishSexParentLosesAdultsExcuseVirtuousDeceivingConventionalJustifiedLiedNo ExcusesPhysiological Book:Bertrand Russell on ethics, sex, and marriage Source: Bertrand Russell on ethics, sex, and marriage
“It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.” SaidWishTestsDeceivingRidicule Book:The Complete Works of L. E. Landon ... Source: The Complete Works of L. E. Landon ...