That's life. We all want to be told what we want to hear. Nobody talks about it. People would deny it vehemently if accused. But the reality is that's what we all want. You don't get a job by interviewing honestly. You don't get laid by presenting your true self on the first or even the tenth date. You don't get anywhere in life if you're truthful.
God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New--the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.
-Mark Twain
If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
-Albert Einstein