Quotes about Honesty

I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.

Once it was easy to know who were my people... I do not believe our wants have made all our lies holy.

More than twenty years later I meet Muriel at a poetry reading at a women's coffee-house in New York. Her voice is still soft, but her great brown eyes are not. I tell her, "I am writing an unfolding of my life and loves." "Just make sure you tell the truth about me," she says.

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others.

Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue.

Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.

Money is the barometer of society's virtue.

Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices

Money is made—before it can be looted or mooched—made by the effort of every honest man, each to the extent of his ability. An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced.

Everything must have in it a sharp seasoning of truth.

Knock Knock. Who's there? The Truth. No joke.