Quotes about Honesty

Which leads to another question: When Matthew tells us that some of Jesus's followers doubted, does this undermine the story, or is this the exact kind of honesty that reflects how people actually are? When each of the Gospel writers includes the part about the women being witnesses, why risk it? What a strange thing to include knowing it would discredit their story, unless women actually were the first witnesses.

Be honest about your joy.

everybody is resting on a set of interpretations, and we need to be honest about it.

Your ikigai is a work in progress because you are a work in progress. Knowing your ikigai, then, takes patience and insight, and courage, and honesty.

All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to deceive and the relationship deteriorates.

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

Prophesying is lying professionally.

Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.

Powerless religion may put a man through many surface changes and leave him exactly what he was before.

You're only as sick as your secrets.

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.