His visions of happiness range from the ordered complexity of the Doge's Palace in Venice to Richard Neutra's sleek modernist pavilions in the Hollywood Hills, which speak "of honesty and ease, of a lack of inhibition and a faith in the future".
Transparency, management-speak for honesty, is put forward as the answer to most of today's ills.
When he went to Oxford and stayed on as a lecturer in Modern History, he chose (and it was an uncommon choice then) not to change his accent, a decision that speaks of an honesty, a desire not to break faith with his past.
The unfashionable and sometimes taciturn Pim Verbeek was wrongly condemned for speaking with honesty, but Postecoglou's frankness should be congratulated in an era of sporting clichés.
She is renowned for her capacity to write and speak from an eloquent depth of honesty, vulnerability and wisdom that powerfully resonates, moves us to tears, while inspiring us to discover the courage to be nothing less than ourselves.
But broadly speaking Mr Tata has been a beacon of honesty at a time when crony capitalism has become a problem in India.However, the worst-kept secret in Indian business is that Tata has lots of dud, indebted operations.
In addition, it teaches not the virtue of honesty but its utility: speak up only when it's to your advantage.
They both cherish the virtue of honesty, and their truth-speaking emanates from the prophetic as well as the comic tradition.
I was impressed by the courage of the men concerned, who spoke with honesty and humour about something that has put them through hell.
