QUOTE : With all these things in mind, why is truth telling so important? Because even though we are inclined to distort the truth, deep within every one of us is an awareness of a difference between the truth and falsehood. I remember the five-year-old boy who answered the phone and said his mother wasn’t there. Then he paused and said, “Actually, she is here, but she’s in the bathtub.” We constantly struggle with our false self, yet something inside us wants us to be known as people who speak truth. We lose respect for the person who chooses falsehood continuously, and likewise we respect the person who speaks honestly. No matter what our behavior is right now, something in us knows that falsehood destroys and love builds.