#honesty

"Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie."

"The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them."

"You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there."

"In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie."

"Can America get back to a point where politicians are honest? Not unless that point is the tip of a sword."

"The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit."

"Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure."

"You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think."

"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters"

"Seit wir den Glauben und damit die Wahrheit verloren haben, liegt zwischen Heuchelei und Ehrlichkeit der letzte Unterschied, der uns bleibt."

"If you’re honest with yourself as a writer, trying to tell the best story you can, your story will be an honest one. And your values will come out, no matter how hard you try to disguise them."

"The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it. The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!"

"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854."

"The human body is the best work of art."

"We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves."

"The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world."

"We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “This landscape is ugly."

"When a person is punished for their honesty they begin to learn to lie."

"The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his own corruption."

"My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism."