Quotes about Deception

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.

Lord Foulgrin: You must not let him see Charis as a place of learning, exploration, duties, travel, companionship, banquets, celebrations, and productive work. A low view of heaven is our ace in the hole. (conspiring to bring Fletcher down after salvation)

He was so strong." "Compared to Yesu, he is weak. The evil one is but a gou, a dog on a leash." "I've . . . never heard a demon's voice before." "You are wrong." "What do you mean?" "It is not that you have never heard the voices of demons, but that you haven't known you were hearing them." Quan put his hand on Ben's trembling arm. "In America, the voices of demons sound more pleasant.

The devil specializes in rearranging price tags, making the cheap look valuable and the miserable appear happy. (For example, if, before the purchase, people saw photos of themselves after five years of using methamphetamines, would they still buy them?)

The safest road to hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C. S. Lewis

His first step is to make temptation appear as a natural desire. It is something unequivocally physical and human.

Truth is the thread that separates true spirituality from false spirituality.

Truth is stranger than fiction because we have made fiction to suit ourselves.

The seduction was complete. The lie is what people want, so why get hung up on the truth?

Truth and authenticity are easy casualties before the power of the lens.

Major Major had lied, and it was good. He was not really surprised that it was good, for he had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.

People have a right to do anything that's not forbidden by law, and there's no law against lying to you.