Honesty Quotes - Page 6

I just think if you don't say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true, you know, and I-

For a man who walks in the light, to stay humble is not to walk in the dark; you don't need to project yourself to be thought an honest man.

I tried to manipulate and control people and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven but I wouldn't forgive others.

Bullshit takes no genius,
even fool senses its' foul.

We’re fine.’
A few feet away, Aurum snarled quietly, which meant Nico was lying.

Hypocrites get offended by the truth.

I say what other people only think, and when all the rest of the world is in a conspiracy to accept the mask for the true face, mine is the rash hand that tears off the plump pasteboard, and shows the bare bones beneath.

You have to believe what you're saying if you're going to convince me. I just can't break that rule, even if I want to.

Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies...

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

It is not always a problem finding the truth, it is however sometimes a problem accepting it.

You can't be spontaneous within reason.

Being honest in a relationship is at times exceedingly difficult and painful. Yet the moment a person evades the truth, central fibers of the self pull away and the person initiates a process of deception - a way of manipulating the other person by preventing the person from discovering "real thoughts and real feelings

The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw truth, wants your suffering and darkness on the table, revels in a cutting mind that takes no prisoners...

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Truth is worse than soap in the eyes.

Tell the truth no matter who it hurts.

See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ... is the one fundamental treason which the scholar's mind must not allow is the bond uniting all the Oxford people in the last resort.

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

Deep layers of context are missed when cursorily reading for quantity at the expense of comprehension - only the vapid are impressed by those who try to squeeze as many books as possible into each passing month as if shoving one more oiled hot dog down the gullet in a food eating contest to prove accumulation superiority.