#honesty

"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

"What have I always believed?That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less, turn out all right."

"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open."

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

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

"Don't change your mind just because people are offended; change your mind if you're wrong."

"I remember her words about remembering my words, and that’s when it hit me: the quickest way to scalpel open a heart is with a declaration of love."

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have."

"You can't lie to your soul."

"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."

"To me, Ann Romney sounds like a better candidate than her husband. She put her MS into remission through horseback riding, alternative therapies, and a healthy diet. She knows how to pace herself. She has a sense of humor and an innate honesty, and her hair moves in the wind. Maybe she should run."

"Falsehood is never in words; it is in things."

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

"Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths."

"I'm not mean, I'm honest. Nobody is ever straightforward. But sometimes people need to hear the truth."

"No, I don't think I could fall in love with him, handsome though he is, because I don't accept any of that huff he gives me about my great beauty and all that. I'd have to trust a man's words before I could love him. I think."

"Love and honesty don’t mix."

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

"When I touched her body,I believed she was God.In the curves of her formI found the birth of Man,the creation of the world,and the origin of all life."

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."