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  1. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  2. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  3. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  4. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  5. Quote of the day, 2 March: St. Teresa of Avila

    Once I was pondering why our Lord was so fond of this virtue of humility, and this thought came to me — in my opinion not as a result of reflection but suddenly: It is because God is supreme Truth; and to be humble is to walk in truth, for it is a very deep truth that of ourselves we have nothing good but only misery and nothingness.

    Whoever does not understand this walks in falsehood. The more anyone understands it, the more he pleases the supreme Truth because he is walking in truth. Please God, Sisters, we will be granted the favor never to leave this path of self-knowledge, amen.

    Saint Teresa of Avila

    The Interior Castle, VI, ch. 10, no. 7

    Teresa of Avila, St 1985, The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, Kavanaugh, K & Rodriguez, O (trans.), ICS Publications, Washington DC.

    Featured image: The United States nonprofit organization Feed My Starving Children visited Nicaragua in March 2011. Since 2018, the Ortega regime has revoked the non-profit status of over 5000 non-governmental, non-profit organizations, including those funded by the Catholic Church. In 2023, Catholic schools and universities were seized, diocesan bank accounts were frozen, and religious congregations were expelled. As of February 2026, more than 300 Catholic priests and religious have been exiled, expelled, or denied re-entry into the country, yet the poor who rely on their assistance remain. Image credit: Keely Joy Photography, Inc. for Feed My Starving Children / Flickr (Some rights reserved)

    #falsehood #humility #misery #StTeresaOfAvila #truth
  6. A quotation from Montaigne

    Lying is a villainous vice, and an ancient writer depicts it as most shameful when he says that to lie is to manifest contempt of God together with fear of man. It is not possible to represent more fully the horror, the vileness, the outrageousness of it. For what can be conceived more villainous than to be cowardly with respect to men, and audacious with respect to God?
     
    [C’est un vilain vice, que le mentir ; & qu’un ancien peint bien honteusement, quand il dit, que c’est donner tesmoignage de mespriser Dieu, & quand & quand de craindre les hommes. Il n’est pas possible d’en representer plus richement l’horreur, la vilité & le desreiglement: Car que peut on imaginer plus vilain, que d’estre couart à l’endroit des hommes, & brave à l’endroit de Dieu?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 18 (2.18), “Of Giving the Lie [Du Démentir]” (1578–79) [tr. Ives (1925)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #baseness #contempt #cowardice #defiance #dishonesty #falsehood #fear #lying #truth #untruth #vice

  7. A quotation from Montaigne

    Lying is a villainous vice, and an ancient writer depicts it as most shameful when he says that to lie is to manifest contempt of God together with fear of man. It is not possible to represent more fully the horror, the vileness, the outrageousness of it. For what can be conceived more villainous than to be cowardly with respect to men, and audacious with respect to God?
     
    [C’est un vilain vice, que le mentir ; & qu’un ancien peint bien honteusement, quand il dit, que c’est donner tesmoignage de mespriser Dieu, & quand & quand de craindre les hommes. Il n’est pas possible d’en representer plus richement l’horreur, la vilité & le desreiglement: Car que peut on imaginer plus vilain, que d’estre couart à l’endroit des hommes, & brave à l’endroit de Dieu?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 18 (2.18), “Of Giving the Lie [Du Démentir]” (1578–79) [tr. Ives (1925)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #baseness #contempt #cowardice #defiance #dishonesty #falsehood #fear #lying #truth #untruth #vice

  8. A quotation from Montaigne

    Lying is a villainous vice, and an ancient writer depicts it as most shameful when he says that to lie is to manifest contempt of God together with fear of man. It is not possible to represent more fully the horror, the vileness, the outrageousness of it. For what can be conceived more villainous than to be cowardly with respect to men, and audacious with respect to God?
     
    [C’est un vilain vice, que le mentir ; & qu’un ancien peint bien honteusement, quand il dit, que c’est donner tesmoignage de mespriser Dieu, & quand & quand de craindre les hommes. Il n’est pas possible d’en representer plus richement l’horreur, la vilité & le desreiglement: Car que peut on imaginer plus vilain, que d’estre couart à l’endroit des hommes, & brave à l’endroit de Dieu?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 18 (2.18), “Of Giving the Lie [Du Démentir]” (1578–79) [tr. Ives (1925)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #baseness #contempt #cowardice #defiance #dishonesty #falsehood #fear #lying #truth #untruth #vice

  9. A quotation from Montaigne

    Lying is a villainous vice, and an ancient writer depicts it as most shameful when he says that to lie is to manifest contempt of God together with fear of man. It is not possible to represent more fully the horror, the vileness, the outrageousness of it. For what can be conceived more villainous than to be cowardly with respect to men, and audacious with respect to God?
     
    [C’est un vilain vice, que le mentir ; & qu’un ancien peint bien honteusement, quand il dit, que c’est donner tesmoignage de mespriser Dieu, & quand & quand de craindre les hommes. Il n’est pas possible d’en representer plus richement l’horreur, la vilité & le desreiglement: Car que peut on imaginer plus vilain, que d’estre couart à l’endroit des hommes, & brave à l’endroit de Dieu?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 18 (2.18), “Of Giving the Lie [Du Démentir]” (1578–79) [tr. Ives (1925)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #baseness #contempt #cowardice #defiance #dishonesty #falsehood #fear #lying #truth #untruth #vice

  10. A quotation from Montaigne

    Lying is a villainous vice, and an ancient writer depicts it as most shameful when he says that to lie is to manifest contempt of God together with fear of man. It is not possible to represent more fully the horror, the vileness, the outrageousness of it. For what can be conceived more villainous than to be cowardly with respect to men, and audacious with respect to God?
     
    [C’est un vilain vice, que le mentir ; & qu’un ancien peint bien honteusement, quand il dit, que c’est donner tesmoignage de mespriser Dieu, & quand & quand de craindre les hommes. Il n’est pas possible d’en representer plus richement l’horreur, la vilité & le desreiglement: Car que peut on imaginer plus vilain, que d’estre couart à l’endroit des hommes, & brave à l’endroit de Dieu?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 18 (2.18), “Of Giving the Lie [Du Démentir]” (1578–79) [tr. Ives (1925)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #baseness #contempt #cowardice #defiance #dishonesty #falsehood #fear #lying #truth #untruth #vice

  11. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
     
    [ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat

  12. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
     
    [ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat

  13. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
     
    [ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat

  14. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
     
    [ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat

  15. This tendency of #Vance's is helpful to those trying to decipher the firehose of #falsehood spewing from this administration. Despite all #Trump's blathering about a "golden age" (for himself & his billionaire buddies, maybe), most Americans know what they see on their grocery receipts, rent, utility bills, and hyperinflated health #insurance premiums. Vance has no personality, but he sees the Trump train is derailing; his only option to keep what power he has is to switch onto a spur line. So he's breaking with Trump and claiming to side with ordinary Americans on the economy.

    Don't imagine he cares about them, only their votes.

  16. This tendency of #Vance's is helpful to those trying to decipher the firehose of #falsehood spewing from this administration. Despite all #Trump's blathering about a "golden age" (for himself & his billionaire buddies, maybe), most Americans know what they see on their grocery receipts, rent, utility bills, and hyperinflated health #insurance premiums. Vance has no personality, but he sees the Trump train is derailing; his only option to keep what power he has is to switch onto a spur line. So he's breaking with Trump and claiming to side with ordinary Americans on the economy.

    Don't imagine he cares about them, only their votes.

  17. This tendency of #Vance's is helpful to those trying to decipher the firehose of #falsehood spewing from this administration. Despite all #Trump's blathering about a "golden age" (for himself & his billionaire buddies, maybe), most Americans know what they see on their grocery receipts, rent, utility bills, and hyperinflated health #insurance premiums. Vance has no personality, but he sees the Trump train is derailing; his only option to keep what power he has is to switch onto a spur line. So he's breaking with Trump and claiming to side with ordinary Americans on the economy.

    Don't imagine he cares about them, only their votes.

  18. This tendency of #Vance's is helpful to those trying to decipher the firehose of #falsehood spewing from this administration. Despite all #Trump's blathering about a "golden age" (for himself & his billionaire buddies, maybe), most Americans know what they see on their grocery receipts, rent, utility bills, and hyperinflated health #insurance premiums. Vance has no personality, but he sees the Trump train is derailing; his only option to keep what power he has is to switch onto a spur line. So he's breaking with Trump and claiming to side with ordinary Americans on the economy.

    Don't imagine he cares about them, only their votes.

  19. A quotation from Daniel J. Boorstin

    The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

    Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004) American historian, professor, attorney, writer
    Speech (1992-08-31), “Realms of Discovery, Old and New,” World Space Congress, Washington, D.C.

    More info about this quote: wist.info/boorstin-daniel-j/88…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #danieljboorstin #assumptions #discovery #error #falsehood #ignorance #illusion #misinformation #progress #science

  20. A quotation from Daniel J. Boorstin

    The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

    Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004) American historian, professor, attorney, writer
    Speech (1992-08-31), “Realms of Discovery, Old and New,” World Space Congress, Washington, D.C.

    More info about this quote: wist.info/boorstin-daniel-j/88…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #danieljboorstin #assumptions #discovery #error #falsehood #ignorance #illusion #misinformation #progress #science

  21. A quotation from Daniel J. Boorstin

    The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

    Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004) American historian, professor, attorney, writer
    Speech (1992-08-31), “Realms of Discovery, Old and New,” World Space Congress, Washington, D.C.

    More info about this quote: wist.info/boorstin-daniel-j/88…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #danieljboorstin #assumptions #discovery #error #falsehood #ignorance #illusion #misinformation #progress #science

  22. A quotation from Daniel J. Boorstin

    The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

    Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004) American historian, professor, attorney, writer
    Speech (1992-08-31), “Realms of Discovery, Old and New,” World Space Congress, Washington, D.C.

    More info about this quote: wist.info/boorstin-daniel-j/88…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #danieljboorstin #assumptions #discovery #error #falsehood #ignorance #illusion #misinformation #progress #science

  23. A quotation from Daniel J. Boorstin

    The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

    Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004) American historian, professor, attorney, writer
    Speech (1992-08-31), “Realms of Discovery, Old and New,” World Space Congress, Washington, D.C.

    More info about this quote: wist.info/boorstin-daniel-j/88…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #danieljboorstin #assumptions #discovery #error #falsehood #ignorance #illusion #misinformation #progress #science

  24. «The 10 most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots provide users with fake information […] chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Meta’s Llama spread falsehoods in 40 per cent of their answers.»

    euronews.com/next/2025/09/05/w

    #ai #falsehood #chatbot

  25. «The 10 most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots provide users with fake information […] chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Meta’s Llama spread falsehoods in 40 per cent of their answers.»

    euronews.com/next/2025/09/05/w

    #ai #falsehood #chatbot

  26. «The 10 most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots provide users with fake information […] chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Meta’s Llama spread falsehoods in 40 per cent of their answers.»

    euronews.com/next/2025/09/05/w

    #ai #falsehood #chatbot

  27. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    Our children know we lie to them, but not — thank God — how much.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 2 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #childrearing #children #dishonesty #equivocation #falsehood #lying #parenting

  28. Last week's #SOTU #response by #Katie #Britt contained a major #falsehood

    And big name news outlets got beat to it by #Johnathan #Katz, a guy with a newsletter and a TikTok account

    ♦️Why didn’t the Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post, or any other news organization have this story?
    ♦️Would any of them have eventually fact-checked that portion of her speech?
    ♦️Would they have all just let it slide?

    It is a lot like what happened in 2022 as the story of then-Rep.-Elect #George #Santos began to unravel.
    The Times reported on it, but missed it until after the election was over 💥and proceeded to get really irritated at the implication that the New York Times should do in-depth pre-election reporting on New York congressional races💥

    #readTPA. And follow @parkermolloy

    PS Here is Katz's exposé on #TikTok
    tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/

  29. Last week's #SOTU #response by #Katie #Britt contained a major #falsehood

    And big name news outlets got beat to it by #Johnathan #Katz, a guy with a newsletter and a TikTok account

    ♦️Why didn’t the Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post, or any other news organization have this story?
    ♦️Would any of them have eventually fact-checked that portion of her speech?
    ♦️Would they have all just let it slide?

    It is a lot like what happened in 2022 as the story of then-Rep.-Elect #George #Santos began to unravel.
    The Times reported on it, but missed it until after the election was over 💥and proceeded to get really irritated at the implication that the New York Times should do in-depth pre-election reporting on New York congressional races💥

    #readTPA. And follow @parkermolloy

    PS Here is Katz's exposé on #TikTok
    tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/

  30. Last week's #SOTU #response by #Katie #Britt contained a major #falsehood

    And big name news outlets got beat to it by #Johnathan #Katz, a guy with a newsletter and a TikTok account

    ♦️Why didn’t the Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post, or any other news organization have this story?
    ♦️Would any of them have eventually fact-checked that portion of her speech?
    ♦️Would they have all just let it slide?

    It is a lot like what happened in 2022 as the story of then-Rep.-Elect #George #Santos began to unravel.
    The Times reported on it, but missed it until after the election was over 💥and proceeded to get really irritated at the implication that the New York Times should do in-depth pre-election reporting on New York congressional races💥

    #readTPA. And follow @parkermolloy

    PS Here is Katz's exposé on #TikTok
    tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/

  31. Last week's #SOTU #response by #Katie #Britt contained a major #falsehood

    And big name news outlets got beat to it by #Johnathan #Katz, a guy with a newsletter and a TikTok account

    ♦️Why didn’t the Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post, or any other news organization have this story?
    ♦️Would any of them have eventually fact-checked that portion of her speech?
    ♦️Would they have all just let it slide?

    It is a lot like what happened in 2022 as the story of then-Rep.-Elect #George #Santos began to unravel.
    The Times reported on it, but missed it until after the election was over 💥and proceeded to get really irritated at the implication that the New York Times should do in-depth pre-election reporting on New York congressional races💥

    #readTPA. And follow @parkermolloy

    PS Here is Katz's exposé on #TikTok
    tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/

  32. Last week's #SOTU #response by #Katie #Britt contained a major #falsehood

    And big name news outlets got beat to it by #Johnathan #Katz, a guy with a newsletter and a TikTok account

    ♦️Why didn’t the Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post, or any other news organization have this story?
    ♦️Would any of them have eventually fact-checked that portion of her speech?
    ♦️Would they have all just let it slide?

    It is a lot like what happened in 2022 as the story of then-Rep.-Elect #George #Santos began to unravel.
    The Times reported on it, but missed it until after the election was over 💥and proceeded to get really irritated at the implication that the New York Times should do in-depth pre-election reporting on New York congressional races💥

    #readTPA. And follow @parkermolloy

    PS Here is Katz's exposé on #TikTok
    tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/

  33. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    Our children know we lie to them, but not — thank God — how much.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 2 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #childrearing #children #dishonesty #equivocation #falsehood #lying #parenting