Sincerity and gravity, in Magnus’s opinion, were highly overrated, as was being forced to relive unpleasant memories. He would much rather be amused and amusing.

Not yet do you feel it. Wait for the future.

BE REALBring it on-And let truth be my existence.Value my life-And tell me like it is.Bark at me when I’m wrong-And hug me when I’m right.Praise me if I succeed-And tell me if I fail.Laugh...

Don’t tell a lie to be loved, speak the truth to be hated.

Sincerity is the luxury allowed, like diadems and authority, only to the highest rank. Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

If you desire the path of sincerity, develop a love for obscurity. Flee from the clatter and clinks of fame. Be like the roots of a tree; it keeps the tree upright and gives it...

I’m not going to pretend I’m something I’m not so that you like me more.

Teach honesty by all means – you do know what it is, don’t you?

I’m not always sincere. One can’t be in this world, you know.

Any person who, with all the sincerity of heart, is in search for God, on land or in the sea, is worthy of respect.

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can’t see when you’re unashamedly looking down on someone.

However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his features, animates his gestures, and colors his voice. The stupidest man will often, under the...

My heartfelt appreciation goes out to Jan Zwicky, Don McKay, John Barton, Barry Dempster, Carolyn Forché and Elizabeth Philips for their masterful eyes and minds.

When a cat flatters … he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

June, you have killed my sincerity too. I will never again know who I am, what I am, what I love, what I want. Your beauty has drowned me, the core of me. You carry...

For in other ways a woman is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold steel; but, when once she is wronged in the matter of love, no other soul can hold so many...

You have complete permission to enter my mind, probing all my thoughts, looking for whatever you need to know. There is nothing I intend to hide from you. No matter what you will find, either...

Whatever you tell; lie or truth, can both destroy or save you.

It is important to explain fully to the local areas with sincerity. We will also think, of course, about the development promotion of the communities.

Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only...

I think the world honestly would be a much healthier place if instead of trying to find rationalizations for our bad behavior we would just say, “I was an asshole. Sure, there were reasons behind...

People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives.

We were greeted by the minister whose inclusive, non-judgemental smile was no more than a whisker away from a smirk. Have I made it clear? I don’t like belief systems and even less like those...

The most common lie uttered without thought, sincerity, resolve, or guilt: I love you.

Practising honestly the simplicity in life is an act of humanity so, in fact, a true spirituality which is always a service to an omnipresent, invisible power called God Almighty.

If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany.

Was she acting entirely consciously? No: women are always sincere, even in the midst of their most shocking duplicities, because it is always some natural emotion which dominates them. Perhaps, having given this young man...

It is not grey hair that makes one respectable but character.

From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it.

God’s promises are always yes. It only takes faith and obedience to recognize them. When you do, claim them with sincerity in your heart.

O what will she do, a soul bitten into with wrong?

He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think.

After all, isn’t the purpose of the novel, or of a museum, for that matter, to relate our memories with such sincerity as to transform individual happiness into a happiness all can share?

The great actors always play themselves.

Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely — whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul that seeks it. But above all else–it presents us with the gift of...

The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.

To maintain your integrity, just maintain your words in sanctity, and your works in sincerity. You can’t be really trusted when your works of today are standing against your words of yesterday!

My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?

Sincere deeds invite new friends.

No one ought even to desert a woman after throwing her a heap of gold in her distress! He ought to love her forever! You are young, only twenty-one, and kind and upright and fine....

The only acceptable alternative to silence is to speak from the heart

Apparently he thought he deserved only to be loved–from a distance, though–and given what he wanted. And in return he would be . . . what? Pleasant? Generous? Maybe all he was really saying was:...

I am an extremely sincere individual. I am sincere, to a fault. One of the many things that I have come to realize, to learn, is that sincerity must be reserved and given only to...

My sincerest gratitude to every ass hole, horrible boss, and worthless piece of shit I’ve ever met for giving me new and endless material to work with and a way to earn a living exposing...

Believe in your character. Animate (or write) with sincerity.

If I’m sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?

It hurt to think that a boy would not have him at his value of himself.

Every transgression and disobedience receives a just recompense of reward, except with those who truly love themselves.

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

We are born for the happiness. We are living for the happiness. To be happy we have to be morally free. To be morally free we have to treat the humanity with uncompromising sincerity.