#honest

Like the he-man movie stars who turn out to be queer . . . or the silent-film actors whose voices sound terrible recorded--the audience only wants a limited amount of honesty. [ellipses original] ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#audiences #honesty #snuff #tv #movies

Everyone judges constantly: positively judging one person is the same as negatively judging everyone else; it is to say that that person is superior in some sense. ↗

— Criss Jami

#human #human-nature #judging #judgmental #logic

Where questions of religion are concerned, people are guilty of every possible sort of dishonesty and intellectual misdemeanor. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#dishonesty #religion #religion

...the law of empathy, by which he could, by his will, transfer himself into an object or a work of art, and thus inflence the outer world. He did not feel redeemed by the work he did. He did not seek redemption. He sought to see what others did not, the projection of his imagination. ↗

— Patti Smith

#beauty #honesty #purpose #truth #art

You cannot con an honest man. ↗

— Ally Carter

#heist-society #honesty #kat-bishop #thief #society

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken. ↗

— Jane Austen

#honesty #relationships #truth #relationships

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... ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#independent-thought #right

Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#integrity #personal-responsibility #truth-telling #relationships

If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value evidence. If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument would you invoke to prove they should value logic? ↗

— Sam Harris

#honesty #reason #religion #spirituality #religion

Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#definition #honesty #vision