#honesty

"Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both."

"One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth."

"Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. ... The sensibilities of no two men are the same. Some would refuse to sell property without carefully explaining all about its merits and defects, and putting themselves in the purchasers' place and inquiring if he himself would buy under the circumstances. But such men never would be prosperous merchants."

"I believe in true love. But my opinion is tainted, because I also believe in Bigfoot, aliens, and in the existence of honest politicians."

"Tolerance! The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair."

"Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy."

"Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity."

"The mind knows the truth when your heart denies what it feels. When you don't feel safe to let people in, it is because you're not ready to deal with the pain of honesty."

"I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like."

"In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public office of trust or profit in the Republic. But I do not repine, for I am a subject of it only by force of arms."

"Hypocrites get offended by the truth."

"To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it."

"Blunders, no, only friendship binds us to honesty - attracting crypts of mushrooms in the wake of our snowboards."

"You're only responsible for being honest, not for someone else's reaction to your honesty."

"Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong."

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

"I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have."

"Your words will either give you joy or give you sorrow, but if they were spoken without regret, they give you peace."

"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."

"Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken."