Do you always speak the truth?

@prasanta (1948)
India
September 15, 2006 2:24pm CST
Is it always possible to speak the truth? I often feel sometimes, even if not intentionally, I need to tell lies. It is the situation that makes me do so.
17 responses
@LadyLeasJ (204)
• United States
29 Sep 06
It is possible to always tell the truth. I am not saying be blunt or rude about it. Like if a woman asks you if that dress makes her look fat. If it does, just say that you prefer other things on her, or that is not your favorite dress. Never bring the subject of fat into it. This is not lieing, it is dancing around the question so as not to get her feelings hurt. As with children there is no need to keep everything from them. Yet there is nothing wrong with letting them be little and have the only time in their lives that is carefree. If they ask you a question flat out, lets say is Santa real. That answer would be yes. No need to go into a full blown discussion with them about it.
@prasanta (1948)
• India
5 Oct 06
ok.
• India
6 Oct 06
i do lie but not very frequently.occassinally .but most of the times i try to be truthful.it is not possible to speak truth always.each and every person lie.there wont be a single person in this world who has not lied,except maybe for new borns and very young kids
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
6 Oct 06
Yes. It is always better to speak the truth because you donot loose tany things practically instead you gain a goodwill of thousands of people. If one practices the truth, you hate telling lies. You have to be lied. I am trying to practice absolute truth which is very difficult. Like you are suppose to assure the patient in a hospital that he will get well soon because the doctor will give good treatment. Some people need such assurances to get their blood circulate properly (I mean recovery). But the truth doctors have said is that his life is very short due to some dreaded disease. Whether to tell the patient truth or half truth or lie. This is still a dilemma.
• Malaysia
6 Oct 06
sometimes we must lies to protect ourself
@prasanta (1948)
• India
6 Oct 06
Just one or two examples please....
@psmohan (1877)
• India
5 Oct 06
Yes 99.9% and .001 percent when situation forces.
@prasanta (1948)
• India
6 Oct 06
How do you estimate in percentage?
@psmohan (1877)
• India
6 Oct 06
It means that I rarely tell lie.
• United States
6 Oct 06
I try to speak the truth at all times. Sometimes it depends on the situation.
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• Ghana
6 Oct 06
can't help it not all the time
@Boonaa (55)
• India
26 Sep 06
I try to .. to the maximum extent possible because I do not remember the things I spoke. It is convenient to tell the truth.
@prasanta (1948)
• India
6 Oct 06
Correct.
@kataztrophy (1836)
• United States
6 Oct 06
It is possible, but some people just cannot handle the truth all the time.
1 Oct 06
I think it can be hard to be commited to the truth 100% there will always be certaint things we as humans would prefer to gloss over than tell the real story.
@prasanta (1948)
• India
5 Oct 06
Point noted. Can you give some examples?
• United States
6 Oct 06
I try to speak the truth all of the time but I fall short of that, no one tells the truth all of the time everyone lies. But it is better to put in effort to tell the truth and be honest then lie when you lie it only causes more problems , that lie also continues to grow and grow. So on the inside you feel worse for even telling that little lie when if you told the truth you wouldn't have to worry as much.
• India
6 Oct 06
yes but occationally i speak
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
13 Nov 06
I always speak the truth. I find lying just makes matters worse and hurts people.
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
13 Nov 06
I always speak the truth. I find lying just makes matters worse and hurts people.
@asa010 (1128)
• India
15 Sep 06
not always..
@abccba (1914)
• Denmark
26 Sep 06
in some situations i think it can be better to hide the truth with a lie... so i do that some times... People don't always wan't the truth... but most of the times, i tell the truth...
• India
26 Sep 06
will try my max 2 tell the truth,....sometimes it may not possible 2 tell the truth...