“But the others, those who tried to bring Jesus to life at the call of love, found it a cruel task to be honest. The critical study of the life of Jesus has been for theology a school of honesty. The world had never seen before, and will never see again, a struggle for truth so full of pain and renunciation as that of which the Lives of Jesus of the last hundred years contain the cryptic record.” WorldYearsHas BeensSchoolPainLastsFoundJesusStruggleStudyRecordsAtheismHonestHonestyHundredTasksCriticalPositive AtheismTheologyBeing HonestRenunciationCryptic Author:Albert Schweitzer
“It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.” ShouldPersonsSeemsPainGreaterHonestHonestyBeing HonestIndolenceInclineKnaves Book:Essays on Men and Manners Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense.” PainHonestyBraveryDefeatIntuitionTruest Author:John Cassavetes
“All abilities are paid for with disabilities. perfect health may entail the heavy toll of bovine stupidity. insight into one area involves blind spots in another.” MayDonePainVoiceAbilityPerfectHonestyAreasPaidBlindHeavyInsightStupiditySpotsLoudDisabilityCriedMathematicianGiftedPhysicistTollsBlind SpotsLoud VoicesBovine Author:William S. Burroughs
“Every time I got hurt, the person who treated me said that. 'It is more attractive to admit that you're in pain.' Because of that person, I learned how to speak with honesty. Without making calculations about what the other person's thinking.” ThinkingPersonsSaidPainSpeakHurtHonestyTreatedAttractiveCalculationsGot Hurt Author:Joo