I dunno. I just thought being earnest would take me farther in life than it did.

[KG]

or was led to believe it would.

[Ocelot II]

1. Being earnest is important.

[Coventina]

9. Oscar Wilde wrote a whole play about it, as I recall.

[applegrove]

2. It takes you far on the journey. Read "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry

It will set you straight. Never lose hope. Don't be a judger. Be earnest. That is all of it.

[Tomconroy]

3. I think it's important to have

A sense of humor, no matter where life takes you.

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. My philosophy.....

I'd rather be right about life then rich and wrong.

[unblock]

5. Not necessarily in dollar terms, but it does let one sleep better at night.

[tirebiter]

6. I found being earnestly determined kept me going.

That combined with sex and drugs got me here.

[MLAA]

8. Oh yeah!

[Skittles]

7. "Be yourself is the worst advice you can give most people"

can't remember who said that

[Solly Mack]

10. My own mother told me I would be a lonely person because of my need

for the truth about everything and my desire for justice/fair play.

She said people tend to shy away from both.

Said the truth made people feel exposed and that since justice often demands the truth, justice will forever be manipulated by those afraid of the truth. That people, not all people, but that people see both as a danger. No matter what they say openly, they'll settle for a version of truth and a version of justice that doesn't require great effort or a loss of face (to their thinking) on their part.

That a good/acceptable story or narrative will take the place of both instead.

People can live with a feel good story better than they can live with the truth.

[Wolf Frankula]

11. You only be Ernest in town.

Be Jack in the country.

Wolf