The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.Voltaire
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.Friedrich Nietzsche
The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.Abraham Lincoln