The Little Liar

by Mitch Albom

The Wolf’s deceptions grow more powerful. He creates words to blanket his evil. This is an old trick. If you want to get away with lying, first change the language.

Alas, the people turned away whenever Truth got close. They covered their eyes. They ran in the other direction.

Parable, who was decked in many colorful robes, removed one and handed it over. “Here. Put this on and try again.” Truth did as it was told. And sure enough, covered in new and pleasing colors, Truth was welcomed warmly—by the same people who had once run away. So what do we learn from that? Some say it’s the reason parables teach humans what raw truth cannot.

When the Wolf stirred his followers in the 1930s, it worked not because Germans were inclined to hate Jews, but because all humans are inclined to hate others if they believe they are the cause of their unhappiness. The trick is to convince them.

You cannot drown out noise with silence. Truth needs a voice.