François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French author of maxims and memoirs
Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678), I. On Confidence
The Harlot Babylon
End Times with Mike Bickle
God TV
http://www.god.tv/node/2875
2011-08-06, quoted in * Brian
Tashman
Rick Perry Partners With Pastor Who Thinks Oprah Is The Precursor To The Antichrist
Right Wing Watch
2011-07-08
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-perry-partners-pastor-who-thinks-oprah-precursor-antichrist
2011-08-06
François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French author of maxims and memoirs
Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678), I. On Confidence
Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652) Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts
In 1647, as quoted in "Free Speech and Its Present Crisis" https://www.city-journal.org/free-speech-crisis (2018), by Allen C. Guelzo, City Journal
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Prophet
“You never know when a moment and a
few sincere words can have an impact on a life.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
“Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
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.
“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)
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)
David Gerrold book When HARLIE Was One
Section 15 (p. 72; Dr. Auberson, then HARLIE)
When HARLIE Was One (1972)