589. Is it true?

“A great talker
Is a great liar.”
I asked God
If this statement is true.
God said, “No!
Son, every second I speak
To My countless children,
And I never tell a lie.”

“A great saint
Can never be a liar.”
I asked God
If this statement is true.
God said, “No!
Son, your great saint
Has convinced his mind
That he has surpassed
My creation, which is nothing
Other than Myself, in purity.
Can anybody surpass Me in purity?
Son, what else is he
If not a liar?”
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 12, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973