You have to really be careful with what you see and read because you can't believe it all.
My father has taught me all the tricks of the boys at an early age, which has made me very careful.
For of all hard things to bear and grin, / The hardest is knowing you're taken in.
One thing in my defense, not that it matters: I know something Carter never knew, or Helene, or maybe you. I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.
Smart leaders believe only half of what they hear. Discerning leaders know which have to believe.
Don't you believe what you read.
Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him.
People are capable of seeing the deceit they're ensnared in. They just have to make the effort.
Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
A child of today can detect a lie quicker than the wisest adult of two decades ago. When I want to know what is true, I ask my children.
For a lot of us, awareness is merely realizing the extent to which we've been lied to all our lives. You start educating yourself. You become motivated; you follow your muse where it takes you. And you see the world in a different way. You start making decisions based on what you feel is right.
When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it's done so I would recognise when I was being lied to.
If you read 'Lord of the Rings' and dismiss it as a lie because it has orcs and elves, you're missing the whole point of the story. If children don't have to be concerned about strangers because there's no such thing as a Big Bad Wolf dressed like Granny, you're missing the point.
