#sincerity

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#independence #originality #rebellion #sincerity

Sincerity is the way to heaven. ↗

— Mencius

#sincerity #way

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend! ↗

— Edith Wharton

#family #friends #insincerity #kindness #loneliness

I'm a straightforward guy. I give straight answers to unsolved mysteries, I wait to date hermaphrodites until after they get a sex change, and I never eat funnel cakes before untwisting them. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #sincerity #change

People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#effort #fragile #life #regrets #sincerity

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

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. ↗

— Albert Camus

#condition #cost #friendship #how #nothing

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. ↗

— Emily Carr

#himself #his #itself #may #religion

The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime. ↗

— Alma Gluck

#branches #break #dead #green #leaves

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#least #makes #more #most #person