honest is the best policy; why we need a simple and open life

As children, we must have been told or we must have read fables and stories where we are taught to live an ethical life sans hidden intentions. We are encouraged to be honest and sincere in all our attempts and not fall prey to or initiate actions that seek to achieve a goal through dishonest or stealthy means. Our young minds saw them as idealistic values at the end of a story but as adults, I wish to explain to all the material benefits of living an open, ethical life and why leading one sh...