Religion Quote by Tom Robbins

“Men live by embedding themselves in ongoing systems of illusion. Religion. Patriotism. Economics. Fashion. That sort of thing.”

— Tom Robbins

“Men's truths rather too neatly fit their convenience, have you ever noticed that?”

— Jean Zimmerman

“that the truth often lies below the surface, and a man may be a great deal more than his most easily caricatured characteristics”

— Salman Rushdie

“And truth is true only as it brings down more disgrace and dreariness upon human beings, so that if it shows anything except evil…

— Saul Bellow

“The major flaw with human beings is that despite all our cleverness and ingenuity we both tell and believe lies.”

— Peter B. Lockhart

“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.”

— Demosthenes

“Falseness in life is the secret that makes man's inner self a rare truth; it hides from him although it's obvious to all.”

— Naguib Mahfouz

“Truth has legs that are longer than any of our lies. In time it will catch up to us, not because the truth has…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“The truth may not always be desirable, that one thing leads to another thing, that facts not only lead forward to resolution, but backwards…

— Sebastian Barry

“You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted…

— Harper Lee

“Truth has legs that are longer than any of our lies. In time it will catch up to us, not because the truth has…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough