Source: Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)
“Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.”
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.
Disputed
As quoted in "In Turkey's tussle with the EU, Erdogan thinks he holds the cards" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-turkey-idUSKCN0Z82DA, Reuters (June 22, 2016)
“Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men.”
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.
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“Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.”
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.”
Oluşmak (To Become) Aphorisms (Pan Publishing House, Istanbul, 2011)
Source: The Doctrine of the Mean
