Sam Harris Quotes
Honest people are a refuge: You know they mean what they say; you know they will not say one thing to your face and another behind your back; you know they will tell you when they think you have failed—and for this reason their praise cannot be mistaken for mere flattery.
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Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to cooperate with others. It condenses a lack of trust and trustworthiness into a single act. It is both a failure of understanding and an unwillingness to be understood. To lie is to recoil from relationship.
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False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.
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[I]f we are convinced that a friend has taken a wrong turn in life, it is no sign of friendship to simply smile and wave him onward.
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By lying, we deny others a view of the world as it is. Our dishonesty not only influences the choices they make, it often determines the choices they can make—and in ways we cannot always predict. Every lie is a direct assault upon the autonomy of those we lie to.
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To lie is to intentionally mislead others when they expect honest communication.
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[A] willingness to be honest—especially about truths that one might be expected to conceal—often leads to much more gratifying exchanges with other human beings.
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