Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Interpretation
Taking truth seriously in small matters is essential for trustworthiness in larger matters.
This quote emphasizes the importance of valuing honesty and integrity in every aspect of life, no matter how minor it may seem. Albert Einstein suggests that if a person is careless about the truth in small situations, it casts doubt on their reliability in more significant issues, implying that trust is built on consistency in valuing truth.
In practice
In a business meeting to emphasize the importance of honesty in all dealings.
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I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
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but it is also true, if this brings her any consolation, that if, before every action, we were to begin weighing up the consequences, thinking about them in earnest, first the immediate consequences, then the probably, then the possible, then the imaginable ones, we should never move beyond the point where our first thought brought us to a halt.
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