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Honesty Quotes

    “To be honest, speak without identity.”

    Naval Ravikant, Medium

      “If your life is not what it could be, try telling the truth.  If you cling desperately to an ideology, or wallow in nihilism, try telling the truth.  If you feel weak and rejected, and desperate, and confused, try telling the truth.  In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth.  That is what makes it Paradise.  Tell the truth.  Or, at least, don’t lie.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 230)

        “To tell the truth is to bring the most habitable reality into Being.  Truth builds edifices that can stand a thousand years.  Truth feeds and clothes the poor, and makes nations wealthy and safe.  Truth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word, so that he can become a partner, rather than an enemy.  Truth makes the past truly past, and makes the best use of the future’s possibilities.  Truth is the ultimate, inexhaustible natural resource.  It’s the light in the darkness.  See the truth.  Tell the truth.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 230)

          “Lies corrupt the world.  Worse, that is their intent.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 229)

            “Everyone needs a concrete, specific goal—an ambition, and a purpose—to limit chaos and make intelligible sense of his or her life.  But all such concrete goals can and should be subordinated to what might be considered a meta-goal, which is a way of approaching and formulating goals themselves.  The meta-goal could be ‘live in truth.’  This means, ‘Act diligently towards some well-articulated, defined and temporary end.  Make your criteria for failure and success timely and clear, at least for yourself (and even better if others can understand what you are doing and evaluate it with you).  While doing so, however, allow the world and your spirit to unfold as they will, while you act out and articulate the truth.’  This is both pragmatic ambition and the most courageous of faiths.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 227)

              “When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything.  Then there are no more answers, only better and better lies.” ~ Jon Snow, Game of Thrones

                “If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way.” ~ Emile Zola, via Ego is the Enemy

                  “The more honest one is, the easier it is to continue being honest, just as the more lies one has told, the more necessary it is to lie again.  By their openness, people dedicated to the truth live in the open, and through the exercise of their courage to live in the open, they become free from fear.” ~ Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

                    “When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.” ~ Epictetus, The Art of Living

                      “Try to be transparent, clear and truthful. Even when it is difficult, and above all when it is difficult.” ~ Jean-Cyril Spinetta

                        “What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but that I can no longer believe you.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

                          “By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.” ~ Stephen M. R. Covey, The Speed of Trust