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?

Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling and more honesty.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Am I glowing?””Like a Christmas tree.””Not just the star?”The bed moved a little, and I felt his hand brush my arm. “No. You’re super bright. It’s kind of like looking at the sun.

No. I don’t believe in anything. How many times must I tell you that? I don’t believe in anything anyone; only in Zorba. Not because Zorba is better than the others; not at all, not...

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

Theres nothing more efficient than honesty and nothing more powerful than vulnerability because, vulnerability reveals everyone in your life who will abuse power immediately and almost irrevocably. Theres nothing weaker than hiding your vulnerability because,...

You looked like the girl I loved.

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...

It is no use to ask God with factitious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality filled with the desire for B. We must lay before Him what is in us, not...

When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.

I just have one of those faces. People come up to me and say, ‘What’s wrong?’ Nothing. ‘Well, it takes more energy to frown than it does to smile.’ Yeah, you know it takes more...

The only honest things I can say to you are insults.

Poetry is Life. We experience poetry from the time we awake each morning and inhale that fresh breath of air. You are living poetry. Poetry is not defined by the laws of man. Inspiration is...

Knowledge of Self is very important, you can’t be living in a world pretending to be someone you’re not. No one will ever believe in you, when you don’t have the courage to believe in...

How often do we listen and act to the call of honesty, serenity, humility and generosity?How many “soft pillows” do we use for a life time?If only everyone uses a “soft pillow,” then what a...

Has that obscenely rich fucker upset you again?

Repose not trust in testing another’s degree of honesty at the risk of one’s loss in matters big, unless collateralized.

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.

It’s exhausting, the energy it takes to unknow a truth.

self-leader” is the positively influence you have on yourself and on others without any influence with your titles and positions. You must be able to lead yourself before you can lead others.

Integrity involves the ability to stand straight when you tell your truth, and still stand straight when the other person comes to talk!

You almost expect it. You get spoiled seeing it everyday and it becomes the norm, but in all honesty it’s not (the norm for high school players).

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.

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person’s heart.

The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.

There’s honesty embedded everywhere when you see the world through the eyes of a child.

You don’t mince words.””Just garlic.

Truth builds trust.

The laws governing judges and judicial campaigns require the utmost degree of professionalism and honesty. Collin County should expect more from a judge. A judge should seek the truth, not disregard it.

I would rather be damned by my honesty, than caged by my lies.