"The penalty of deception is to become a deception, with all sense of moral discrimination vitiated. A man who lies habitually becomes a lie, and it is increasingly impossible for him to know when he is lying and when he is not." Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited. Boston: Beacon Press, 1949/1996, page 55. Related … Continue reading Quote of Note #247: Becoming a Lie
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Quotes of Note #8: On Truthfulness
"Truth-telling is difficult because the varieties of untruth are so many and so well disguised. Lies are hard to identify when they come in the form of apparently innocuous imprecision, socially acceptable slippage, hyperbole masquerading as enthusiasm, or well-placed propaganda. These forms of falsehood are so common, and even so normal, in media-saturated, corporately … Continue reading Quotes of Note #8: On Truthfulness
