Be discerning, then, and speak ye the truth, the very truth, if ye claim to be honest and high-minded.
- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 258
O Sadiq!* Truthfulness, uprightness and integrity are the attributes of the righteous and the hallmarks of the pure. Truthfulness is the goodliest of qualities as it comprehendeth all other virtues. A truthful person will be protected from all moral afflictions, will shrink from every evil deed, and be preserved from every wicked act, inasmuch as all vices and misdeeds are the very antithesis of truthfulness, and a truthful man will hold them all in utter abhorrence.
* The name "Sadiq" means literally "truthful" or "sincere"
- Abdu’l-Bahá, The Compilation of Compilations vol II, p. 338
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