Quotes About Sincerity

A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.

I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —

you cannot reproach me with the slightest coquetry. I have always said to you, 'I love you as a brother; but do not ask from me more than sisterly affection, for my heart is another's.' Is not this true, Fernand?

Rosemary, in his heart your brother is a lover. The shrewd businessman, the adventurer, the dandy are but costumes the lover wears.

Accustomed to the habit of gathering a little of what I have heard. If [what I have written] somehow enters the door of a wise person, intent on learning, Then the fruit of my labor will have been achieved. For the smiles of the stupid and the approval of the rich, I have never yearned even in my dreams. When

But she never distanced herself from others, and she was enormously friendly to everyone—no stuffy attitude, no star complex. As for her talents, Grace acted the way Johnny Weissmuller swam or Fred Astaire danced—she made it look easy. And she probably went through life being completely misunderstood, since she usually said exactly what she meant.

Messages are more often "heard" when the communicator is honest, sincere, and succinct. In other words, say what you mean, and mean what you say.

He said the one thing that was the truth. "I love you, Emma, I will always love you.

So on May 1 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.

It's far too easy to tote around a pocketbook of virtues when people are around but the truth always claws its way out in silence. This business of quiet and aloneness is working me through and through.

I never smile unless I mean it.

Indigos disrespect and dislike anyone who's disingenuous. Indigos can feel phoniness in other people, and they won't be phony themselves. Indigos would rather be punished than say something contrary to their feelings. You

The person you are when no one's looking, or when no one else knows who you are...that's the person you really are!

Love shouldn't have to wear disguises.

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

Are you always this honest?" "Almost never

believe it. Sidney wouldn't hurt anyone.

By the time you're his Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying.

When we package the Dharma in a flashy box with no contents, we offer only the skin of Dharma. It might be better for authentic Dharma to die than to establish large groups and spew out teachers regurgitating sound bites like those that sell special transient mind-states as the Buddha mind.

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.

You really don't get it, do you? Most people are sheep. Stupid and uninformed. And they don't dig. They don't think for themselves. They'll trust a sincere voiceover and whatever the television tells them.

You don't need creativity when you're telling the truth,

Psychopaths personified the old saying: "Sincerity: if you can fake that you've got it made.

There can he greater, more authentic piety in a man's curses than in the sanctimonious prayers of the religious. As