Quotes About Honesty

Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort.

Never confuse truth and the latest public opinion poll.

Truth is an acquired taste.

Quality of work is directly related to the quality of a person's character.

In a world that loves lies, truth is subject to the greatest libels.

I would rather suffer with truth than celebrate with lies.

Im neutral on lying, seeing as how theres times when the truth just hurts people.

When people say perhaps its cause theyre lying. Either they dont believe the thing theyre saying, or they do believe it only they dont want to admit they do.

When both parties are lying and they both know the other party's lying, it comes powerful close to being the same thing as telling the truth.

No man can bear to live with a woman who speaks nothing but the truth to him.

Honesty always sounds like impudence to the vain and stupid.

You are exactly what you seem, and so you always assume that other people are, too.

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

Many would never speak with a full mouth, but do it with an empty head

An "open mind" can be an "empty head," and "tolerance" can be indistinguishable from believing nothing. These are no help in finding honest answers to honest and important questions.

May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to. —C. S. Lewis

For anyone who understands freedom, it is simply inescapable that freedom requires truth, a shared sense of truth, and therefore trustworthiness and trust.

Either we may seek to conform our desires to the truth, which leads to conviction, or we may seek to conform the truth to our desires, which leads to evasion.

I have no desire for others to take it on themselves to analyze my thoughts. I am without thoughts. I have never, not even once, acted on the basis of any doctrine or philosophy.I am convinced that those people whom the world considers good and respects are all liars and fakes. I do not trust the world.

I would far prefer to be told simply to go and die. It's straightforward. But people almost never say, "Die!" Paltry, prudent hypocrites!

A life free of lies! Ah, but that, too, was, by definition, a lie. Surely a lie already dwelled in the heart of anyone who sought to make such distinctions and stand in judgment.

I didn't know whether it was better to maintain a fierce distinction between yourself and your acquaintances in society in order to deal with and respond properly to things in a pleasant manner, or rather never to hide yourself, to remain true to yourself always, even if they say bad things about you

Young people never say anything straight. You can tell they're being honest if they hide behind a laugh.

One of my tragic flaws is the compulsion to add to every situation -a quality which has made people call me at times a liar- but I have almost never embellished in order to bring myself any advantage;