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Everyone says he's sincere, but everyone isn't sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he's sincere, there wouldn't be half so many insincere ones in the world and there would be lots, lots, lots more really sincere ones!

To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone -- but that is all it means.

Fundamental sincerity is the only proper basis for forming a relationship.

It doesn't matter what you believe, just so long as you're sincere.

Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

Sincerity is an openness of heart that is found in very few people. What we usually see is only an artful disguise people put on to win the confidence of others.

Nothing is less sincere than the act of asking and giving advice. Although the asker seems to pay attention to the opinion of his friend, in reality he is just plotting to make the friend approve his the asker's own opinion and to make the friend responsible for his the asker's conduct.

However we distrust the sincerity of those whom we talk with, we always believe them more sincere with us than with others.

Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay.