And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my characterizations but about me personally, my private self.
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.
Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.
Race pride, socialist ideals, and a sincerity as exalted as that of Carlyle's visionaries coalesced in Asa Philip Randolph.