Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.
While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.
Trust is a social good to be protected just as much as the air we breathe or the water we drink. When it is damaged, the community as a whole suffers; and when it is destroyed, societies falter and collapse
Trust and integrity are precious resources, easily squandered, hard to regain. They can thrive only on a foundation of respect for veracity.
Whatever matters to human beings, trust is the atmosphere in which it thrives.
I believe that a guarantee of public access to government information is indispensable in the long run for any democratic society. . . . if officials make public only what they want citizens to know, then publicity becomes a sham and accountability meaningless.
All my good movies, nobody sees.
Like the morning you walked out of that old house, when you were eighteen and I was, well, I had just turned nineteen, hadn't I? I was a nineteen-year-old and I was in love with Louis and I was in love with you, and I thought I had never seen anything so beautiful as the sight of you walking out a glass door in the early morning, still sleepy, in your underwear. Isn't it strange?
You are the root, and only God knows that the flower will be.
What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out.