Quotes About Authenticity

The problem for some people is when [motivational] speakers put out a consistently positive message it can be off-putting, and they start to feel like the speakers aren't relatable anymore.

By opening our hearts, revealing our scars, we are made human and flawed and whole.

Someone very wise once told me that by opening our hearts, revealing our scars, we are made human and flawed and whole.

by opening our hearts, revealing our scars, we are made human and flawed and whole. I guess I'm ready to be whole.

But someone very wise once told me that by opening our hearts, revealing our scars, we are made human and flawed and whole.

One of the things that (we) religious people often do is try to change ourselves into what we think God or the Church wants us to be like.

If we think we can turn ourselves into the perfect Christian, we have missed the point of the entire Gospel, and will be making the Christ within us harder to see, not easier. We will be adding more layers and more clutter that one day will simply have to be removed

"Classic": A book which people praise but don't read.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied, one time or another.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.

"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

lying to them is bad! I am a real person!

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.

Classic? - a book which people praise and don't read.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

The months of being disingenuously friendly and the resulting self-hatred taught me that self-confidence cannot be based on the approval of others.

Respect for the truth is an acquired taste.

Great periods of poetry begin with an inordinate self-consciousness, and only gradually attain to the natural.

If you are not careful, you can end up with many friends to do stuff with and to enjoy stuff with, but when it comes to sharing in the most intimate ways, is there anyone there?

I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.

Hollywood wants to make women so perfect. Perfect hair. Perfect job. Perfect manners... I know some of the most beautiful women, and they are so weird. That's what makes them funny and captivating.