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Any awareness of how lies spread must generate a real sensitivity to the fact that most lies believed to be white are unnecessary if not downright undesirable.

— Sissela Bok

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Act only on the maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

Whatever matters to human beings, trust is the atmosphere in which it thrives.

Honesty from health professionals matters more to patients than almost everything else that they experience when ill.

Trust and integrity are precious resources, easily squandered, hard to regain. They can thrive only on a foundation of respect for veracity.

The role that one assigns to truthfulness will always remain central in considering what kind of person one wants to be—how one wishes to treat, not only other people, but oneself.

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