#integrity

In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot. ↗

— Czesław Miłosz

#dissent #heroes #honesty #integrity #truth

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#integrity #morality #real

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#conscience

The thought manifests the word; The word manifests the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let them spring forth from love Born out of compassion for all beings. As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become. ↗

— Juan Mascaró

#compassion #integrity #religion #love

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#self-actualization #self-determination #determination

After character becomes imbued with conscious principles of love, integrity, and faith, it opens the door for purity and holiness to converge at the portals of the soul like sentinels guarding against any counter attacks from the ego. ↗

— Garey Gordon

#faith #holiness #integrity #soul #faith

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted. ↗

— William Cobbett

#adopted #generally #integrity #men #obstinate

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being. ↗

— Michael Tippett

#art #being #certain #conspiracy #decently

However, I do firmly believe in maintaining the integrity of the animal. ↗

— Janine Turner

#believe #firmly #however #i #i do

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#credibility #important #integrity #reporter