For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories.

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.

The increase of scientific knowledge lies not only in the occasional milestones of science, but in the efforts of the very large body of men who with love and devotion observe and study nature.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama.