Deliberate Quote by Gautama Buddha

But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.

— Immanuel Kant

Never tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil.

— Gautama Buddha

Suppose whether or not someone tells me a lie depends only on whether he wants to, but he is morally indifferent, he doesn't care…

— Nomy Arpaly

What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good.

— Martin Luther

Accept the FacT that, Sometimes people have to Lie in order to Save Themselves from Too Much Shame.

— Pacifiersucker

“What is worse than doing evil, is being evil” (Ethics, p.67). To lie is wrong, but what is worse than the lie is the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean,…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Shame lies. All the time. About everything. Don’t believe your shame.”

— Scott Stabile

“Lying is universal - we all do it. Therefore, the wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to…

— Mark Twain

This is an absurd moral, for you and I both know that sometimes not only is it good to lie, it is necessary to…

— Anonymous

Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected.

— Sam Harris

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.

— Theodor Adorno