The song being great in its own wealth, why should it wait upon the words? Rather does it begin where mere words fail. Its power lies in the region of the inexpressible; it tells us what the words cannot.
When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.
Personality is a strategy devised by a child. Our true, original self lies under our personality, in the transpersonal ground of our being, at our core.
If lies comfort, and truth disturbs - self is being agitated as a result of prideful living.
It’s human nature to view life from our own reality. This causes serious problems when a rescue mission is being led by the senile or insane.
At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of manifestation painted large on the canvas of awareness. At the Winter Solstice, the wind is cold, trees are bare and all lies in stillness beneath blankets ...
Ghost Dog: If one were to say in a word what the condition of being a samurai is, its basis lies first in seriously devoting one's body and soul to his master.
As beauty lies in eyes of beholder, struggling lies in reaching further.
A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness lies first of all in health.
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
They say the camera never lies. It lies every day.
Happiness lies in simplicity Complexity brings anxiety.
But little white lies here and there is human nature. Everybody does that.
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.
One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
Writing for the sake of writing, writing that draws its credibility from its very existence, is a foreign idea to most Americans. As a culture, we want cash on the barrel head. We want writing to earn dollars and sense so that it makes sense to us. W...
I don't like lies," said Bran, and I knew I'd failed to keep the pain of his revelation from my face. "Not even lies of omission. Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.
That is how it is with lies. If you can have enough people believe your lies, before you know it, even the one you have lied against will be confused. The lie will make itself at home and the truth will be knocking outside its own door.
