"In
order to practice the human virtues, we need to make a sustained
effort, since it is not easy to maintain a spirit of honesty and
integrity for any length of time when faced with situations that seem to
put our own safety at risk. Take truthfulness, a virtue so clean and
pure. Can it be true that it has fallen into disuse? Has the practice of
compromise, of 'gilding the pill' and 'putting on a show' finally
triumphed? People are afraid of the truth and to justify their attitude
they make the shabby excuse that no one practices or tells the truth any
more, that everyone has to resort to pretend and lies."
St. Josemaría Escrivá
