The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth

“The truth is heavy, therefore few care to carry it.”
[Unknown]

“Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.”
[Winston Churchill, UK war-time Prime Minister, politician, artist & writer]

(1228 words – approx 6-9 mins to read)

Well, that was 2009.

Since we ended last year with the theme of honesty, I thought I’d start 2010 on a similar note. I’ve got a couple of questions I’d like you to answer truthfully – I won’t make you swear to tell it, I’ll just assume that because you want to get the most out of this, you will be totally honest, at least with yourself: …read the rest… »

To Be Perfectly Honest

“The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”
[Socrates, 4th-century BC Greek philosopher]

“Truth fears no questions.”
[Unknown]

(912 words – approx. 5-8 mins to read)

Take a moment now to think of a few quotes or sayings you can remember about honesty.

Chances are at least one of them was “Honesty is the best policy” or something similar. But is it always what’s best?

We are all actually dishonest – deceptive – about three times in every ten minutes of normal daily conversation, according to psychologist and deception expert Paul Eckman. If you’re surprised by that, or perhaps insulted and would protest that you’d never be that dishonest, bear in mind that there’s more than one type of dishonesty. …read the rest… »