Quotes About Sincerity

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

If you set out to meditate, it will not be meditation. If you set out to be good, goodness will never flower.

The more one makes spiritual advancement, one feels humble and as one's devotion is superficial that much he feels that he is a great devotee.

Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.

Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development. What is necessary is mutual respect.

To be spiritual is to be genuine in everything you say and do, come what may.

A sweet soul will take you further than a sweet tongue.

Spontaneous and natural (sahajik) speech means there is not an iota of ego in it.

Pray sensibly.Pray scrupulously.Pray selflessly.Pray seriously.

I've known humans, and I know beasts. The beast is better. It is unpretentious. It kills for food. Humans do 'cause they're just not any good.

Some blind faithfully

Life is too short to bullshit.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.

Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.

Mankind's role is to fulfil his heaven-sent purpose through a sincere heart that is in harmony with all creation and loves all things.

In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.

To answer that question honestly, I'd have to lie to you.

However, we have never met a sincere solipsist and we doubt that any exist.52 This illustrates an important principle that we shall use several times in this chapter: the mere fact that an idea is irrefutable does not imply that there is any reason to believe it is true.

Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.

A forced faithfulness is a bitter fruit for all concerned.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

Well, I'd rather be unhappy than have the sort of false, lying happiness you were having here.