“People will believe thousands of different lies in succession rather than confront a single scintilla of truth.”

“I knew how easy it was to make people believe a lie, but I didn't expect the same people, confronted with the lie, would choose it over the truth. . . . No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on a lie.”

“It is much easier to believe lies than the truth." "Why?" asked Janna. "Because lies are manufactured to satisfy the emotions. A mother would rather believe her pretty girl lazy than accept the fact that she's a dumb cluck. Germans would rather believe they were stabbed in the back than that they lost a fair fight. And anyone would rather blame someone else for his misfortunes. The truth is hard. Don't fool with it unless you realize that.”

“I'd rather hear an ugly truth, rather than an obscure lie.”

“People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.”

“Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.”