#sincerity

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. ↗

— Sarojini Naidu

#courage #deeper #earnestness #greater #motive

Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism. ↗

— Albert Camus

#skepticism #suffering #death

She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent and affectionate as ever, and our Attachment as firm and sincere as when it first commenced. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #letters #love-and-friendship #loyalty #pen-pals

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made. ↗

— Daniel Schorr

#got #made #sincerity #you

I'm not always sincere. One can't be in this world, you know. ↗

— Greta Garbo

#life #sincerity #world #life

No truth can cure the sadness we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness, can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see that sadness through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sadness that comes to us without warning. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#kindness #learning #sadness #sincerity #sorrow

A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit. ↗

— Criss Jami

#compelling #consideration #constructive-criticism #demean #demeaning

Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he said solemnly, looking straight into her eyes. ↗

— Judith McNaught

#sincerity #sweetness #love

Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere. ↗

— Jane Austen

#insincerity #marriage #marriage

Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#feeling #sincerity #women #nature