Dante Alighieri Quotes

Men must be honest with themselves before they can be honest with others. A man who is not honest with himself presents a hopeless case.

I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

Humility is truth.

People hear that and say I'm being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I'm doing and what I'm doing is channeling.

What do I really think? What do I believe in, without the horse manure?

I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.

But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

It's really important to be honest to yourself.

I don't like false modesty.

One is honest about oneself either with a sense of shame or with vanity.

If your not honest with yourself, how the hell are you gonna be honest with me.

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble. So those on scepticism cause believers to affirm. Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, few doubtingly of scepticism.

After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth.

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

I can talk about humility, but I'm not humble. I mean, if you say, I'm humble, you've just contradicted yourself. But I'm trying to be, man, I'm trying so hard.

Humility is all about being truthful and honest.

[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .

What encouragement the apostle holds out to us. O my friends, that we might leave all our pretensions, and come to the truth in our own hearts.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

You have to be honest about who you are.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.