The real wonder is that so many difficulties should have been surmounted [in the federal convention], and surmounted with a unanimity almost… — James Madison Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult tests for the creator: he must always remain unconscious, unaware of his best virtues, if he doesn't… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
Psychobabble is... a set of repetitive verbal formalities that kills off the very spontaneity, candor, and understanding it pretends to promote. It's… — Richard Rosen Copy Share Image
In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I loved my friend for his gentleness, his candor, his good repute, his freedom even from my own livelier manner, his calm… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Abnegation produces deeply serious people. People who automatically see things like need,” he says. “I’ve noticed that when people switch to Dauntless,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Beware the fictionist writing his own life. Even candor becomes a strategy. — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
This is how we came by our factions: Candor, Erudite, Amity, Abnegation and Dauntless." Max smiles. "In them we find administrators and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Candor toward a brother must not be mistaken for confession. The latter is made to the Lord of heaven and earth in… — Brother Roger Copy Share Image
His track record of pragmatism, depth and candor all speak to a person who would find the Tea Party simplistic, opportunistic and… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
Things are evermore sincere; / Candor here, and lustre there / Delighting. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Let us have the candor to acknowledge that what we call "the economy" or "the free market" is less and less distinguishable… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The questions which for years were in dispute between the State and General Government, and which unhappily were not decided by the… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“The tiles in the Merciless Mart are always black and white, and here they are in a checkered pattern. If I unfocus… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady. Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor… — Yukteswar Giri Copy Share Image
Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case,… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
“In a few minutes nobody will know what I did. Everything will be perfect again. Except for my life. [Oscar Banks]” — Pam Bachorz Copy Share Image
Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
The current memoir craze has fostered the belief that confession is therapeutic, that therapy is redemptive and that redemption equals art, and… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
