Integrity has no need of rules.
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
Honesty is the recognition of the fact that the unreal is unreal and can have no value, that neither love nor fame nor cash is a value if obtained by fraud.
When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed.
Real transformation requires real honesty. If you want to move forward – get real with yourself.
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty.
I think honesty is the most heroic quality one can aspire to.
I’m not perfect and I don’t have to be.
I try to keep it real. I don’t have time to worry about what I’m projecting to the world. I’m just busy being myself.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.
Above all, don’t lie to yourself.
Truth will ultimately prevail where there are pains to bring it to light.
Honesty is always the best policy.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.