#honesty

Be content, then, with being a philosopher in all things; and if you wish also to appear so to any one, appear so to yourself, and it will be enough.

To see others suffer does one good, to make others suffer even more: this is a hard saying, but a mighty, human, all-too-human fundamental proposition.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not within the power of the will.

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that at last we are disguised to ourselves.

The greatest effort of friendship is not to show our own faults to a friend, but to let him see his own.

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

Be an atheist if you will, but do not be a hypocrite.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface cleaner than before.

Let honesty be the sole currency of your life.

Truth is beautiful in its simplicity; falsehood alone requires ornament.

Relationship is the mirror in which you see yourself as you are.

Fear twists our ideas and makes us crooked.

A single word of truth outweighs oceans of deceit.

The light of wisdom shines through honest deeds.

A truthful word spoken with courage dissolves all deceit.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

The teeth are smiling, but is the heart laughing with true joy?

He who conceals his sickness from the healer cannot expect the medicine to work.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

The journey to truth begins with a single step: honesty with oneself.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.