“Gimme an honest frown over a false smile, any day.”
Source: Shantaram
“I think the world honestly would be a much healthier place if instead of trying to find rationalizations for our bad behavior we would just say, "I was an asshole. Sure, there were reasons behind it, but that doesn't matter.”
Source: The Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America
“I strongly object to wrong arguments on the right side. I think I object to them more than to the wrong arguments on the wrong side.”
Source: The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 32: The Illustrated London News, 1920-1922
“So, along with clear seeing, there’s another important element, and that’s kindness. It seems that, without clarity and honesty, we don’t progress. We just stay stuck in the same vicious cycle. But honesty without kindness makes us feel grim and mean, and pretty soon we start looking like we’ve been sucking on lemons. We become so caught up in introspection that we lose any contentment or gratitude we might have had. The sense of being irritated by ourselves and our lives and other people’s idiosyncrasies becomes overwhelming. That’s why there’s so much emphasis on kindness.”
Source: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
“When your ears hear one thing, but your eyes see another…use your brain.”
Source: Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
“A better man wouldn’t play this ‘sweethearts’ game with her when he knew very well it couldn’t lead to more.
But he wasn’t a better man. He was Colin Sandhurst, reckless, incorrigible rogue—and damn it, he couldn’t resist. He wanted to amuse her, spoil her, feed her sweets and delicacies. Steal a kiss or two, when she wasn’t expecting it. He wanted to be a besotted young buck squiring his girl around the fair.
In other words, he wanted to live honestly. Just for the day.”
Source: A Week to Be Wicked
“Life is warped. I'm just in sync.”
Source: MaddAddam
“If you really want to be different, you'd better keep quiet and be a good person on the inside.”
Source: The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes
“I’d rather have a cup of coffee and a cigarette than live in all that honesty.”
Source: Last Night I Sang to the Monster
“Honesty: what a refreshing slap in the face it is.”