Quotes About Authenticity

We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

If you look at their intentions, examine their motives, and scrutinize what brings them contentment – how can people hide who they are? How can they hide who they really are?

Clever talk, ingratiating looks, fawning reverence: Tso-ch'iu Ming found that shameful, and so do I. Friendly while harboring resentment: Tso-ch'iu Ming found that shameful, too, and so do I.

Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being." "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated

The toughest role is real life.

Lo que eres grita tan fuerte que no oigo lo que me dices»;

No abundance of material goods can compensate for the death of individuality and personal creativity.

Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.

Life is brief and to have to spend every day of it doing what somebody else wants you to do is not the way to live it.

Truth has no temperature.

You shouldnt worry about what people think of you because they dont do it that often

I only know that every act which has no heart will be found out in the end.

In this world the mask is what is true.

I gave up apologizing for myself a long time ago. What should I say? That I'm sorry to be that which I am?

It may even be that everybody starts out fairly unique only most people get over it.

every act which has no heart will be found out in the end. Every gesture.

El secreto, he said, es que en este mundo la máscara es la que es verdadera

The secret truth: in this world the mask is what is true.

Secretul este c? în lumea asta masca spune adev?rul.

Solo hay una verdad, dijo John Grady. La verdad es lo que ocurrió. No es lo que sale de la boca de alguien.

It may even be that everybody starts out fairly unique only most people get over it. Come