"A lie is any communication given to another with the intent to deceive."
"A lie can be effectively communicated without words ever being spoken. Sometimes a nod of the head or silence can deceive. Recommending a questionable business investment, making a false entry in a ledger, devious use of flattery, or failure to divulge all pertinent facts are a few other ways to communicate the lie."
"It is a sin to lie. It is a tragedy to be the victim of lies. Being trapped in the snares of dishonesty and misrepresentation does not happen instantaneously. One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit. As Samuel Johnson wrote, 'The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.'"
"...A worthy prayer could well be, 'Help me, O Lord, to be free not only of personal deceit, but grant me also the wisdom to avoid those who would damage me or mine through devious means.'"
"It should be the goal of every Latter-day Saint to become the kind of person of whom it can be said, 'His word is his bond.' In all of our words and deeds we should ask ourselves, 'Is it right? Is it true?' not 'Is it expedient, satisfactory, convenient, or profitable?' Just, 'Is it right?' The wise will consider, 'What is right?'; the greedy, 'What will it pay?'"
"Deceit, insincerity, cheating are forms of lying....Lying subtly permits us to destroy ourselves as we are caught in the snare and shatter our own self-image and credibility."
"No man will ever be totally free who is living a lie."
"People of integrity will neither foster, nourish, embrace, nor share the lie."
Elder Marvin J. Ashton, April 1982
"Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong."
Abraham Lincoln
"Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."
O.W. Holmes
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