Quotes About Authenticity

Love not me for comely grace,For my pleasing eye or face,Nor for any outward part,No, nor for a constant heart.

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

I am not mad… but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

Let thy life be sincere.

Society is a made-up formula of what we are supposed to be, kept alive by those who believe in it.... I laugh in the ugly face of society, with all its fabricated dimensions.

Always tell the truth. If you can't always tell the truth, don't lie.

Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.

If we were meant to be nude, we would have been born that way.

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.

Let love be without dissimulation.

Gossip is saying behind their back what you would not say to their face. Flattery is saying to their face what you would not say behind their back.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

Hurt me with the truth, but never comfort me with a lie.

Life is full of FAKE PEOPLE, trust No One.

Never forget to respect yourself for being yourself

Pereant qui nostra ante nos dixerunt [May they perish who have used our words before us].

Cucullus non facit monachum [The cowl does not make a monk].

In vino veritas [In wine is truth].

Don't hang noodles on my ears.

That table looks good," I say "It is original." Original what? What does it mean when they say that? This table is original. This pencil is an original pencil. This horse is an original horse. How can there be any other kind?

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Viver é como escrever sem corrigir.

Like a Columbus of the heart, mind and soul I have hurled myself off the shores of my own fears and limiting beliefs to venture far out into the uncharted territories of my inner truth, in search of what it means to be genuine and at peace with who I really am. I have abandoned the masquerade of living up to the expectations of others and explored the new horizons of what it means to be truly and completely me, in all my amazing imperfection and most splendid insecurity.