Quotes About Authenticity

Truth can only be found in one place: the code.

Redundant comments are just places to collect lies and misinformation.

Programmers must avoid leaving false clues that obscure the meaning of code.

And don't you dare say you love me, because I know that's not true. You don't know the difference between being in love and conducting yourself like you're in love. It's nice you picked me, but it could have been anybody, and believe me, Tyler, it would have been just as disappointing, one way or another.

You don't have to be nice all the time. Get angry once in a while. You're entitled.

In social situations we all wear masks, and keep our defenses up. It is embarrassing, after all, to reveal one's true feelings. As a seducer you must find a way to lower these resistances.

Una mujer fácil de obtener no puede valer gran cosa.

So often we think that power has changed people, when in fact it simply reveals more of who they are.

Not just pain, but bullshit. Avoiding bullshit.

Pindar wrote, "Become who you are by learning who you are.

actively rebel against those forces that have pushed you away from your true path.

Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity

Conforming to social norms, you will listen more to others than to your own voice.

ignore your weaknesses and resist the temptation to be more like others.

Those who are truly original and different do not need to make a great show of it.

be aware of these illusions and façades and to train ourselves to look through them. We must scrutinize everybody for signs of their character, no matter the appearance they present or the position they occupy.

Return to the harder or softer sides of your character that you have lost or repressed.

Daily Law: Return to the harder or softer sides of your character that you have lost or repressed. The Laws of Human Nature, 12: Reconnect to the Masculine or Feminine within You—The Law of Gender Rigidity

Honesty is actually a blunt instrument, which bloodies more than it cuts.

Avoid the False Path At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. —Lao Tzu

Daily Law: If you're on the false path, get off. Find energy in rebellion. Mastery, I: Discover Your Calling—The Life's Task

In any event, you will want to go as far as you can in cultivating your uniqueness and the originality that goes with it. In a world full of people who seem largely interchangeable, you cannot be replaced.

People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society

You often do not know your friends as well as you imagine. Friends often agree on things in order to avoid an argument. They cover up their unpleasant qualities so as not offend each other. They laugh extra hard at each others jokes. Since honesty rarely strengthens friendship, you may never know how a friend truly feels. Friends will say they love your poetry, adore your music, envy your taste in clothes - maybe they mean, often they do not.