Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)
“Don't be serious, be sincere.”
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Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Attributed without citation in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1992) by Angela Partington, disputed in The Quote Verifier : Who Said What, Where, and When (2006) by Ralph Keyes, p. 224, as something Truman is not known to have said, nor was likely to have said.
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954) 12th President of Turkey from 2014
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“Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men.”
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The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean
Context: Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men. He who possesses sincerity is he who, without an effort, hits what is right, and apprehends, without the exercise of thought — he is the sage who naturally and easily embodies the right way. He who attains to sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly holds it fast. To this attainment there are requisite the extensive study of what is good, accurate inquiry about it, careful reflection on it, the clear discrimination of it, and the earnest practice of it.
Ismail ibn Musa Menk (1975) Muslim cleric and Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe.
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“Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean
Context: Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing. On this account, the superior man regards the attainment of sincerity as the most excellent thing.
“Is sincerity a virtue by itself? A serial killer has also acted sincerely.”
Tarik Gunersel (1953) Turkish actor
Oluşmak (To Become) Aphorisms (Pan Publishing House, Istanbul, 2011)
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Source: The Doctrine of the Mean