Quotes About Authenticity

Physical beauty wasn't the same as True Beauty, any more than pretty ugly meant truly ugly or Magnetic North meant True North.

Let the glossy spreads have their heart-stopping, head-turning kind of beauty. Give me the heart-filling beauty instead. Jolie laide, that's what I would choose. Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly beautiful.

Teachers wondered why I didn't speak up more in class. Why would I when I knew how precarious words could be, how betraying they were, how vulnerable they made you?

Because there's nothing you can do about other people's reactions. You be yourself and let them be themselves and if you don't get what you want then tough and if you do then good for you and that's it. Everything else is manipulation and I spit on it. -Zal

Who's the bigger liar? Me or them? Isn't lying about love the worst lie? Isn't that worse than anything I've ever done?

I believe it's incredibly important to write against [racial] stereotypes. If we give in and make sure that all black women characters are asexual, gentle, and kind we wind up with another set of stereotypes.

Smiling is not a duty, but a freedom. It's up to you now; you are liberated from the expectations and conformities of youth.

she appears to be wearing her clothes simply to get on with life, rather than as a means to display her brother's consummate artistry.

Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends.

Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.

Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.

But how do we know it's really you? I mean, I could put a saucepan on my head and call myself the God of Boiled Dumplings; wouldn't mean I was telling the truth.

It suits here now to forget last year, but she'll never make me forget last year, not if I live to be a hundred. I didn't know much then. I know now that there's people like her who want to be friendly for what you do, not what you are.

No matter what Jesus faced, He lived by what He knew about Himself, not by what others thought or said about Him.

S azon felül ráérdemelt egy kis leckére az álnok és kétszín? emberiség, mely nem hisz a maga által hirdetett igazságokban sem, ha ezek valóságosan el?lépnek

just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.

The Kazi is searching the words of the Koran, and instructing others: but if his heart be not steeped in that love, what does it avail, though he be a teacher of men?

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Mohammed's son pores over words, and points out this and that, but if his chest is not soaked dark with love, then what? The Yogi comes along in his famous orange, but if inside he is colorless, then what?

Ali na obrežju reke sedijo tatovi ali svetniki? Takoj boš ugotovil, da le spregovorijo... To, kakšen je ?lovek globoko znotraj, pove cesta njegovih besed.

One danger is that the person will strive very hard in spiritual disciplines as a way of avoiding or burying deep pain. Eventually, however, he or she will realize that the spiritual path must bring everything to light.

Het is onduidelijk of iemand een masker heeft opgezet of het juist heeft laten vallen.

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.

Honesty is the most beautiful gift a person can give to another at the beginning of a friendship.

Vulnerability may seem like a weakness, but in truth, it is a strength for being able to show you can be vulnerable, shows you are just human. And being just human is our strength. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophies for Timeless Thoughts.