Quotes About Authenticity

Too much truth is uncouth.

Mincing your words makes it easier if you have to eat them later.

Originality is the art of concealing your source.

I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick, sooty neck. I sound as though I'm joking, I know, but I should truly hate to be like Leanne, so charming and ordinary and stuffed with clichéd feelings. I'm glad I'm the ice maiden. Who wants to be crying over every stray dog? Not I. Scratch my surface and what do you see? More surface.

Is this what a nun feels when she runs wild? Perhaps running wild needn't mean dressing in satin and taking to cigarettes. It might mean running into the wild, into the real, into the ooze and muck and the clean, muddy smell of life.

Lo que nos dicen las personas de sus sentimientos a menudo es incompleto, a veces manifiestamente falso, y siempre viene modificado para consumo público.

We know our own inner states imperfectly and often mislead both ourselves and those around us. We're masters of fake happiness, suppressed fear, and misguided love.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

Truth is a great flirt.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

It is easier to tell the truth: you don't have to remember anything.

It's not about how much movement you do, how much interaction there is, it just reeks of credibility if it's real. If it's contrived, it seems to work for a while for the people who can't filter out the real and unreal.

Wilson also makes a powerful point when he says that strong character leads to the integrated self—a joining of head and heart, where thoughts, feelings, and actions are in harmony, resulting in behavior that demonstrates the character of an individual who walks the talk of his or her belief system.

It's a mistake to think that we have to be lovely to be loved by human beings or by God.

Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.

When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the fearful, the true mixed in with the façade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way.

I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.

There's no "should" or "should not" when it comes to having feelings. They're part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.

It's a mistake to think that we have to be lovely to be loved by human beings or by God

It's really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of course, it's the opposite that's true: What we are ultimately determines what we do!

Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated.

I can put on a hat, or put on a coat, Or wear a pair of glasses or sail a boat. I can change all my names and find a place to hide. I can do most anything, but I'm still myself inside. I can go far away, or dream of anything, Or wear a scary costume or act like a king. I can change all my names and find a place to hide. I can do almost anything, but I'm still myself. I'm still myself. I'm still myself inside.

We get so wrapped up in numbers in our society. The most important thing is that we are able to be one-to-one, you and I with each other at the moment. If we can be present to the moment with the person that we happen to be with, that's what's important.