A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.

Truth is not fully explosive, but purely electric. You don't blow the world up with the truth; you shock it into motion.

Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth.

The best of fiction, as we know, of course, doesn't tell the truth; it tales the truth.

Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.

When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.

The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his own corruption.

Many of us fight for and boast our freedom of what is ultimately the ability to prove ourselves to other people. It is unfortunate that only a few of us are so free in our joy, we no longer feel the need to prove ourselves to anyone.

I have more flaws, more faults and more sins than common sense can comprehend; and the condescension in this sentence 'consequents' in more to end.