“ A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble. ”
- Mahatma Gandhi- Copy
- 79
“ One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love — any love — reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness. ”
- Cesare Pavese- Copy
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“ If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness. ”
- Alexander Smith- Copy
- 3.6K
“ You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate. ”
- Wilhelm Stekel- Copy
- 3.8K
“ We've got to have candor and talk about these things while we reject wild hypotheses. ”
- William Bennett- Copy
- 212
“ There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ I say to you in all frankness, this is the only way forward for Northern Ireland,... I ask all of you, the people of Northern Ireland, that you give it a chance to work. ”
- Tony Blair- Copy
- 54
“ Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than our own weakness, however small we may be. ”
- Maria Mitchell- Copy
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“ Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction. ”
- W. Somerset Maugham- Copy
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“ We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence. ”
- Andre Maurois- Copy
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“ Sincerity is an openness of heart that is found in very few people. What we usually see is only an artful disguise people put on to win the confidence of others. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty. ”
- Stephen Jay Gould- Copy
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“ It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project. ”
- Herbie Hancock- Copy
- 304
“ Come to the world with an openness of heart and lay to rest the falsehood of desire, the fear of wanting, and the futility of pursuit. ”
- Diane V. Ciricione- Copy
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“ Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other. ”
- George MacDonald- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think. ”
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne- Copy
- 104
“ Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself — forget about the impression you are trying to make. ”
- Dale Carnegie- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. ”
- Sir William Blake- Copy
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