“People are so complex. They want to hear the truth, but they want you to lie to them.”

“So now they're shaking in their boots and looking for someone to give them the answer they want to hear. Not the truth, but some lie that will protect them from the truth”

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

“Plainly stated, these false teachers enjoy so much success because they tell people what they want to hear, whether it's the truth or not. People want their ears "tickled"---they want to hear things that make them feel good. They want everything they hear to be "self-affirming" and "non-threatening" to their self-esteem.”

“Everybody hates lie but nobody wants to hear the truth.”

“He reflected. 'I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies! ”