“The truth of human freedom lies in the love that breaks down barriers.”
Jürgen Moltmann (1926) German Reformed theologian
“In order for us to maintain our way of living, we must, in a broad sense, tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves. It is not necessary that the lies be particularly believable. The lies act as barriers to truth. These barriers to truth are necessary because without them many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.”
A Language Older Than Words (2000)
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Source: The Eye of the Heron (1978), Chapter 4 (pp. 53-54)
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Misattributed
Source: 1984
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Source: Death Bringer
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Ben Elton book This Other Eden
This Other Eden (1993)
“We know how to tell many believable lies,
But also, when we want to, how to speak the plain truth.”
Stanley Lombardo (1943) Philosopher, Classicist
Theogony, lines 28–29
Translations, Works and Days and Theogony (1993)
