Quotes About Authenticity

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.

I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!

you must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.

Because if you stay true to yourself and live your life boldly, someday you might be able to meet someone who will want to eat takoyaki with you more than anyone else.

If there is anything you can do, it may just be to smile for them. Because when you smile, the world seems just a little kinder. For you to just be yourself is a very important thing, I think.

I can't get the words out. I have to gather my courage. Courage...it's time to be brave. I'm not going to put the lid back on. This feeling...can't be stopped anymore. It's time to be brave.

I'm not a cat. And I'm not gonna turn into one even if you hug me . . . I was born like this.

I've always been lousy at hiding my feelings.

Just be yourself and you'll be fine

I'm still afraid of being totally honest. I'm more afraid of this than dying.

And what if, in order to keep on living, I have to continue to accept myself?

Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases, your heart and gut are still your best guide.

There is a proverb that says, 'Talk so that I may know who you are.' But I say, 'Show me your eyes and I will know who you are.

Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies

truth is strong medicine. It should be prescribed with great care

Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash.

Sure, I can talk like you, but I choose not to, It's like an art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he could paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes on the side of a face... See if you paint wrong because that's the best you can do, you just a chump. But you do it because you want to? Then you're an artist...You can take that to the grave and dig it up when you need it.

There is no truth except the truth that exists within you. Everything else is what someone is telling you.

Your soul doesn't care what you do for a living - and when your life is over, neither will you. Your soul cares only about what you are being while you are doing whatever you are doing.

True masters are those who've chosen to make a life rather than a living.

Start telling the truth now and never stop. Begin by telling the truth to yourself about yourself. Then tell the truth to yourself about someone else. Then tell the truth about yourself to another. Then tell the truth about another to that other. Finally, tell the truth to everyone about everything. These are the 5 levels of truth telling. This is the five-fold path to freedom.

Do what you do for the sheer joy of it, Do what you choose,not what someone else chooses for you.

Others see their possibility in the reality of you. Your message is your life lived.