زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٧٣ - Way of Treating lie

burying, as they had colluded for all together saying that he hasbecome sick and died, but they had not colluded for where, what time of day and who has made ablution, and has shrouded, and has performed funeral prayer, and actually they could not collude for all of these matters.

On this account, even the lie of the sharpest liar may bedisclosed through a simple inspection.

Specially, the false and artificial relations, which a mancreates for his lies, are not kept in his mind properly, becausethey are untrue, and if the liar is asked in different intervals, heinvolves in self contradiction and confusion, and thiscontra diction is one of the other factors for disclosing their lie. Ifit is commonly said that" a liar does not have a good memory", itmay refer to the fact that whatever his memory may be strong, itis not possible for a liar to memorize everything!

٢- Personification- One of the most effective ways of treatinglie, is developing individuals' personality, because as we know, one of the important mental causes of lie is feeling inferiorityand low personality, and in fact lying is a kind of reaction forcompensating it.

If the liars feel that they possess powers and talents throug hdeveloping of which they can increase their own value andpersonality, they do not find any need for resorting to lie fordeveloping a false personality in themselves.

Moreover, they should be realized that social value of atruthful man who has succeeded to attract" public confidence" through this moral virtue, is beyond all values, and his greatspiritual capital of" social reputation" is the highest capital, withwhich no material capital can countervail, and he can provide allmaterial facilities for himself using this capital.