It is always better to be a human than a lion in a world full of concrete jungle.

Children are the most reasonable about discipline. When they tell you not to do something, it’s always because they know why.

But it’s easier to say ‘I love you’,than ‘Yours, sincerely’ I suppose.

sometimes there is too much irony all piled up in the barn, and you have to / pitchfork another steaming pile of irony on top of it all, and you have to / pitchfork another,...

Even his conversation was, as it were, a spoken part.

Be a gift, a light, a blessing as far as the eye can see to answer a call as well as a genuine, compassionate heart can reach.

Never fear to lose your three square meal per day if that will cause you to be a fan of the truth. Never fear to have a decrease in the number of your friends if...

Being himself was more exhausting than impersonating a stage character.

Why would you want to appear as one thing and be another? If you are a warrior then you are a warrior and if you are not a warrior then you are not a warrior....

In order to deceive others, it is necessary also to deceive oneself. The actor playing Hamlet must indeed believe that he is the Prince of Denmark, though when he leaves the stage he will usually...

It would never occur to them to say at home (as pastors’ kids) anything they were really thinking, unless it is forced out of them by anger.

The purpose of life should be to attain happiness by serving humanity with love and utmost sincerity.

No truth can cure the sadness we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness, can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see that sadness through to...

Sincerity increases willingness to care.

The writing has a meaning only if it is penned down with the heart’s deep feeling.

Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling.

Manners without sincerity, is called polite society

For there are two kinds of forgiveness in the world: the one you practice because everything really is all right, and what went before is mended. The other kind of forgiveness you practice because someone...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

I don’t blame you one iota for feeling as you do. If I were you I would undoubtedly feel just as you do.”(…) You can say that and be 100 percent sincere, because if you...

Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?

It is not perhaps a question of truthfulness; it is rather a natural incapacity to think for herself, to take cognizance of herself in her own brain, and not in the eyes and in the...

One reason why the Enemy found this so easy was that, without knowing it, I was already desperately anxious to get rid of my religion; and that for a reason worth recording. By a sheer...

So, how close are love and genius, really? We know that they are both mentioned far more than lived.

All things can be achieved but not through all means, some means are not proper

She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent...

But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary.

A man’s confidence only pays when everything else just stays away in his life.

It can be a good thing if deeper theology, or philosophy, only makes one more uncertain. It may lead to a healthy doubt; he may throw his hands up saying, ‘God, I just don’t know...

Will fluorine ever have practical applications?It is very difficult to answer this question. I may, however, say in all sincerity that I gave this subject little thought when I undertook my researches, and I believe...

Siate sinceri! Siate sempre sinceri! E mostrate francamente al mondo, se non proprio il vostro lato peggiore, almeno qualche aspetto, da cui possa essere noto il peggiore male che è in voi.

Choose criticism wisely, it might help you improve some elements of what you do.

What we had actually demonstrated was our cowardice, but there is fellowship in that too.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

She was very fond of thinking and getting at the truth of things, but was so far from being pedantic, so full of youthful ways that from the first moment one began to love all...

I don’t think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.

What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.

People shouldn’t call for demons unless they really mean what they say.

You ask me why I don’t speakNot a word at willBut write so much worth well over a mill’Well I value words like I value kissesA sober one, a closer one penetrates the heartDarling it’s...

All things can be achieved but not by all means, for some means are not proper

When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it. That’s what I think. It’s just a form of sincerity.

‘Change yourself’ doesn’t imply to be like everyone else, but to comply with everything that helps to be your true self.

Men seek a great deal, but fatally close, albeit very different, is one’s pride in proving oneself right with one’s zeal for finding the truth.

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

Vulnerable, like all men, to the temptations of arrogance, of which intellectual pride is the worst, he [the scientist] must nevertheless remain sincere and modest, if only because his studies constantly bring home to him...

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

Oh, sir my want of strength lies mainly in this, that I cannot repent sufficiently!” A curious idea men have of what repentance is! Many fancy that so many tears are to be shed, and...

An ad that pretends to be art is — at absolute best — like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something from you. This is dishonest, but what’s sinister is the...

By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.

You know what truly aches? Having so much inside you and not having the slightest clue of how to pour it out.