Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide.

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.

Good food is good food. It doesn't have to come with pretense.

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

Pursuing an escapist mode of living where we chase the false pretense of constant enjoyment will only further drive us into a state of distress.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.

"I suddenly knew that religion, God - something beyond everyday life - was there to be found, provided one is really willing. And I saw that though what I felt in the church was only imagination, it was a step on the way; because imagination itself can be a kind of willingness - a pretense that things are real, due to one's longing for them. It struck me that this was somehow tied up with what the Vicar said about religion being an extension of art - and then I had a glimpse of how religion can really cure you of sorrow; somehow make use of it, turn it to beauty, just as art can make sad things beautiful.

To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But it's usually too battered with rules to be heard and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide.

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive constructive optimistic kind.

If there is no hell a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense a fraud a lie and the workers want no lying.

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame to copy faults is want of sense.