“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
“You know there s no such thing as a complete lie. There s always some truth in there.”
“Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.”
“Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors.”
“Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?”
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”
“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”
“Love and honesty don’t mix.”
“Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.”
“Who you are in public is a test of your conviction; who you are in private, integrity.”
“We’re meant to protect each other, but not from everything. Not from the truth. That’s what it means to love someone but let them be themselves. -Jace Wayland”
“When you walk a life of honesty, you live a life of truth.”
“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking...”
“You can t lie to your soul.”
“Suddenly this is all too hard. I am tired of putting up walls. I want someone with the strength - and the honesty - to break them down.”
“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”
“In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.”