Never chase a person, because if they want to be in your life, they will. It amazes me how people go out their way for someone who does nothing for them, doesn’t encourage or support...

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until...

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...

There’s probably no one so easily bribed, but he lacks even the fundamental honesty of honorable corruption. He doesn’t stay bribed; not for any sum.

England has her Stratford, Scotland has her Alloway, and America, too, has her Dresden. For there, on August 11, 1833, was born the greatest and noblest of the Western World; an immense personality, — unique,...

Honesty. Sobriety. My virginity. No way to regain the first two, I almost gave away the last.

Under fun’s new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don’t want to see or let anyone else see, and this stuff usually turns out...

You may work with 100% capacity every day and may not be seen by anybody for recommendation. This does not mean you should give up! The day you will decide to work at 40% may...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

She made him feel guilty at times. The problem was that she was so honest herself, almost transparent. It seemed criminal to be deceiving her.

When a man really tells the truth, the first truth he tells is that he himself is a liar.

There is nothing to be found in human eyes, and that is their terrifying and dolorous enigma, their abominable and delusive charm. There is nothing but that which we put there ourselves. That is why...

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I’m not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.

I lie without a mask, thus I am an honest man.

if only you could see through my eyes at the life that I’ve lived and if only you could think through my thoughts & hear every word that was said and seen and how it...

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.

Literature, like magic, has always been about the handling of secrets, about the pain, the destruction, and the marvelous liberation that can result when they are revealed. Telling the truth when the truth matters most...

… tried praying for him …but I couldn’t. I just couldn’t. Don’t as me why. I hoped that he was okay, but I couldn’t summon the strength to pray for it.

I’d rather just be me. Feel comfortable in my own skin and be able to speak my mind without having to carry a damned thesaurus. Sure doesn’t seem worth giving up who you are to...

Life becomes much more easier when we do what we say and when we say what we do. Having courage to be ourselves is a gateway to freedom and happiness.

If I’m to have a character that others admire, I need to focus on developing that character. I need to make decisions that are honorable and honest. I need to focus on others rather than...

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.

A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person.

Honesty is the great essential. It exalts the individual citizenship, and, without honesty, no man deserves the confidence of the people in private pursuit or in public office.

at first I thought you were just using me” she said”I definitely am.” I just wasn’t sure for what.”Asshole!” she said, and punched me in the side. And she laughed as my kidney began to...

True friends are not mirrors where we can always see ourselves reflected in a positive light.

The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to respect the woman that gave birth to his children. It is because of her that you have the greatest treasures in your life....

Well, on some level, it’s similar to the psychological phenomenon of helplessness, where the will to try is lost. You get to the point where you just assume that your spontaneous call to a friend...

We either base our ‘confidence’ on reason (evident probabilities, past experience, competence, etc) or we base our beliefs on faith, which is blind by definition. Faith is the most dishonest position it is possible to...

Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.

Life is like an extremely toughest examination and so the passing percentage of its students is abysmally low; a person with his 70 % contributions of the true kind deeds has only cleared it with...

Nothing from my personal experiences with him would ever have led me to question his integrity, his morals, his honesty. He was always regarded as someone with real integrity and somebody with a keen moral...

He smiles an honest smile for the first time, and the difference is hard to describe but easy to recognize.

If it’s convenient to love you, you’re lying to someone about who you are or what you need.

She laughs an honest laugh… one that puts the fakes on edge and makes them dream of being better.

This place has been my home. They liked me here. Not any more. Now they will look the other way. Now I don’t belong.

To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.

You can’t let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.

Honesty is always good, except when it’s better to lie.

Honesty is not the same as truth. That is the obstacle of the notion of relative truths. I would like to put my trust in the lunatic. He is the one least concerned of what...

It’s not the people in your life that tell you what you want to hear, it’s the people in your life that tell you the truth that count.

Glory: I look around at this world you’re so eager to be a part of and all I see is six billion lunatics looking for the fastest ride out. Who’s not crazy? Look around, everyone’s...

Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.

Wer sich selbst belügt und seine eigenen Lügen anhört, kommt schließlich soweit, dass er keine Wahrheit mehr, weder in sich noch außer sich, zu erkennen vermag […]

[H]iding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn’t make you nice, it just makes you a liar.

Nobody ever questioned your honesty. I have never thought of you as less than an honest person.

I love you. That never changed eversince that day you walked right in front of me.

We’re constantly getting these messages to mind our own business and look the other way if we want to be well liked, to not tell the truth or speak our mind or say anything too...

I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?