“Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does.”
“Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge.”
“There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.”
“A yogi is much more disciplined in his speech. Yogic tradition has it that speech must pass before three barriers prior to being uttered aloud. These barriers come in the form of three questions: Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary? (112-113)”
“Tolerance! The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair.”
“Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.”
“I think the world honestly would be a much healthier place if instead of trying to find rationalizations for our bad behavior we would just say, I was an asshole. Sure, there were reasons behind it, but that doesn t matter.”
“The author describes Lincoln s attitude in making a deal with a newspaper publisher as, almost defiant transparency.”
“The man who believes that honesty is the best policy is not an honest man.”