The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.
We should leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth, and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war, and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern, and good intentions.
While sincerity is to carry the weight of knowledge in the self, it is also to be the lightness of being clean.
So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.
Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity.
It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things.
Sincerity does not equal competence.
You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another.
For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.
Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.
Intelligence makes sincerity difficult.
As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.
God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.
We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.
Wearing love beads and touting our sincerity will not make this a safer world.
It's nice to hear when someone gets something and the sincerity is enough to tickle you. They can have the wrong notes but the essence of it is there, so it makes you laugh, because even when Frank [Zappa]'s music is sad, it makes me laugh.
The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.
Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.
The real troublemakers are anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred. With them, problems cannot be solved. Though we may have temporary success, ultimately our hatred or anger will create futher difficulties. Anger makes for swift solutions. Yet, when we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better.
At all costs we should avoid considering our love of God to be superior to the love of the other for GodLet us love God and leave it for Him to decide on the intensity and sincerity of our loves, as well as of our differing views of Him