Quotes About Honesty

At the local coffee-shop, hunched in one of the secretive, high-backed booths with hundreds of peoples' names gouged into the wood, we drank cup after cup of black coffee and talked frankly about sex.

I hate saying anything to a group of people. When I talk to a group of people I always have to single out one and talk to him, and all the while I am talking I feel the others are peering at me and taking unfair advantage. I also hate people to ask cheerfully how you are when they know you're feeling like hell and expect you to say 'Fine'.

I felt now that all the uncomfortable suspicious I had about myself were coming true, and I couldn't hide the truth much longer.

Face it, kid: unless you can be yourself, you won't stay with anyone for long.

Laughing Lazarus. And I forget the moments of radiance. I must get them down in print. Make them up in print. Be honest.

I must write about the things of the world with no glazing." She fought doggedly against the great suction into her own subjectivity: "I shall perish if I can write about no one but myself." Something like this went through nearly every entry in her journal over long periods. In

I would meet you upon this honestly. I that was near your heart was removed therefrom To lose beauty in terror, terror in inquisition. I have lost my passion: why should I need to keep it Since what is kept must be adulterated? I have lost my sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch: How should I use them for your closer contact?

It is in the gap between your imperfections, honestly faced, and your desire for something beyond perfection that you can achieve genius. Perfect pitch, perfect life, perfect love – these are dead-ends.

Good stories will tell you that facing the lie is the worst terror of all. And there is no talisman or magic sword that is half so potent a weapon as truth

It was frighteningly close to what he believed of his father at the worst moments - that he really was the kind of man who would send a letter signed Sincerely, Cpl. Peter Vilmos to someone he'd seen naked.

I am a scholar. My only monarch is truth.

But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

If you spare a dog he will never bite you, but men are not so trustworthy.

We say we want the truth; what we mean is that we want to be correct. —Mihnea Moldoveanu

For a government,' said the god, 'is nothing but a mirror of your minds--tyrannical for tyrants--hypocritical for hypocrites --corrupt for those who are indifferent--extravagant and wasteful for the selfish--strong and honorable only toward honest men.

If a man stole my dinner, I might let him run; but if he stole my horse, he and I and death would play hide-and-seek! ~~ Ranjoor Singh

Why, I'm just as true and honest as dirt. And I'm even more charming than dirt.

Yes Headwoman Azaze. But I never lie to Rosethorn. She, um, discourages it. Evvy and I have an understanding. She grabbed the teakettle and poured hot water into the mug. She tells me the truth, and I don't hang her in the first well we come to. It's a solution that works tolerably well for both of us.

I'm sorry, she said humbly. I haven't wanted to lie to you. I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met. He thought about it for a moment, then added, --or the best. Now I'm all confused.

Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.

Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.

Folk who tell the truth don't think they must keep repeating it. It's the truth - it's obvious. Only liars tell it over and over, trying to hammer their like into others' minds.

One thing marriage counseling instilled in Hilton was a compulsion for open communication. Whether at home or at work, he knew that anything left unsaid was far more dangerous than spoken words could be, no matter how hurtful. His

Yes, he was very dangerous, perhaps more dangerous than Vazkor, for his weapon was honesty.