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'''Sincerity''' is the [[virtue]] of one who speaks truly about his or her own [[feelings]], [[thoughts]], desires. Sincere expression carries risks to the speaker, since the ordinary screens used in everyday life are opened to the outside world. At the same time, we expect our [[friends]], our lovers, our leaders "to be sincere".

'''Sincerity''' is the [[virtue]] of one who speaks truly about his or her own [[feelings]], [[thoughts]], desires. Sincere expression carries risks to the speaker, since the ordinary screens used in everyday life are opened to the outside world. At the same time, we expect our [[friends]], our lovers, our leaders "to be sincere".

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Sincerity''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Sincerity this link].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Sincerity''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Sincerity this link].</center>

==Sincerity in Western societies==

==Sincerity in Western societies==

Discussed by Aristotle in his ''Nicomachean Ethics'', where "truthfulness or sincerity is a desirable mean state between the deficiency of [[irony]] or self-deprecation and the excess of boastfulness"[1] [2], it appears as an [[ideal]] ([[virtue]]) in Europe and North America in the 17th century; and it gained considerable momentum during the [[Romantic movement]], when sincerity was first celebrated as an artistic and social ideal. Indeed, in mid- to late-nineteenth century America, sincerity was an [[idea]] reflected in [[manner]]isms, hairstyles, women's dress, and the literature of the time.

Discussed by Aristotle in his ''Nicomachean Ethics'', where "truthfulness or sincerity is a desirable mean state between the deficiency of [[irony]] or self-deprecation and the excess of boastfulness"[1] [2], it appears as an [[ideal]] ([[virtue]]) in Europe and North America in the 17th century; and it gained considerable momentum during the [[Romantic movement]], when sincerity was first celebrated as an artistic and social ideal. Indeed, in mid- to late-nineteenth century America, sincerity was an [[idea]] reflected in [[manner]]isms, hairstyles, women's dress, and the literature of the time.

==Quote==

==Quote==

The keys of the kingdom of [[heaven]] are: sincerity, more sincerity, and more sincerity. All men have these keys. Men use them--advance in [[spirit]] [[status]]--by [[decisions]], by more decisions, and by more decisions. The highest [[moral]] choice is the choice of the highest possible [[value]], and always--in any [[sphere]], in all of them--this is to choose to [[do the will of God]].[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper39.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper39.html&line=147#mfs]

The keys of the kingdom of [[heaven]] are: sincerity, more sincerity, and more sincerity. All men have these keys. Men use them--advance in [[spirit]] [[status]]--by [[decisions]], by more decisions, and by more decisions. The highest [[moral]] choice is the choice of the highest possible [[value]], and always--in any [[sphere]], in all of them--this is to choose to [[do the will of God]].[https://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper39.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper39.html&line=147#mfs]

==References==

==References==