“Sometimes what I wouldn’t give to have us sitting in a bar again at 9:00 a.m. telling lies to one another, far from God.”

“Taste without truth is tasteless.”

“Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn’t there, and finding it.”

“We awaken by asking the right questions. We awaken when we see knowledge being spread that goes against our own personal experiences. We awaken when we see popular opinion being wrong but accepted as being right, and what is right being pushed as being wrong. We awaken by seeking answers in corners that are not popular. And we awaken by turning on the light inside when everything outside feels dark.”

“A smiling lie is a whirlwind, easy to enter, but hard to escape.”

“A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn’t there. A theologian is the man who finds it.”

“I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God’s enemy.”

“A truth that’s told with bad intentBeats all the lies you can invent.”

“Given a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose what’s right. And given a choice between a terrible truth and a beautiful lie, choose the truth every time.”

“Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you no fibs.”

“You are beautiful. Know this. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying. You are beautiful.”

“People trust their eyes above all else – but most people see what they wish to see, or what they believe they should see; not what is really there”

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”

“We met less than a week ago and in that time I’ve done nothing but lie and cheat and betray you. I know. But if you give me a chance…all I want is to protect you. To be near you. For as long as I’m able.”

“How ’bout a shot of truth in that denial cocktail.”