"Tension is the great integrity."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

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"Living honestly is a prerequisite for a clear conscience."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

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"You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I've learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one's reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one's master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that person's view requires to be faked. The man who lies to the world, is the world's slave from then on. There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Integrity, Truth, Reality, Slavery

"A legendary horse is praised not for its strength, but for its Integrity."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Integrity, Praise, Strength, Character

"Dimitri is dead," she said. It was a statement, not a question, but she was looking to me for confirmation. I wondered if I'd given away something, some hint that there was still more to the story. Or maybe she just needed the certainty of those words. And for a moment, I considered telling them that Dimitri was dead. It was what the Academy would tell them, what the guardians would tell them. It would be easier on them...but somehow, I couldn't stand to lie to them-even if it was a comforting lie. Dimitri would have wanted the whole truth, and his family would too. "No," I said, and for a heartbeat, hope sprang up in everyone's faces-at least until I spoke again. "Dimitri's a Strigoi."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Integrity, Truth, Hope, Family, Honesty

"Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Integrity, Responsibility, Thought, Reason, Self

"Well, whose opinion did you take? "I don't ask for opinions." "What do you go by?"Judgment. "Well, whose judgment did you take? "Mine. "But whom did you consult about it?". "Nobody."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Integrity, Judgment, Decision, Opinion, Confidence

"It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Integrity, Time, Mistake, Being, Goodness

"I stood my ground. "You evil scientist are all the same--evil. Count me out."Fang and I brushed past Mr. God and walked quickly but smoothly to the exit. It was barely noon, and I'd already made a huge enemy.Dang, I'm good."

James Patterson, American Author

Integrity, Courage, Conflict, Life, Ethics

"Tell me you're truth. I'm listening."

Truth Devour, Australian Author

Integrity, Truth, Honesty, Listening, Connection

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