#honest

A yogi is much more disciplined in his speech. Yogic tradition has it that speech must pass before three barriers prior to being uttered aloud. These barriers come in the form of three questions: Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary? (112-113) ↗

— Prem Prakash

#kindness #necessity #right-speech #speech #yoga

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as 'moral indignation,' which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#double-standards #envy #hate #indignation #morality

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#integerity #honesty

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it. ↗

— Alan Moore

#pretense #truthfulness #honesty

if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone. ↗

— Richard Yates

#honesty #yates #honesty

There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked. ↗

— Mark Twain

#honesty

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. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#honesty #strength #wall #honesty

It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for any public office. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#honesty

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#silence #truth #honesty

If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kraken. ↗

— Scott Lynch

#reviews #twitter #twitter