Quotes About Transparency

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Truth is truth, my dear!

We should not, therefore, be afraid of testing others--or of being tested ourselves. It is only by testing, or being tested, that we understand whether the substance or the person is as it appears to be or is merely masquerading.

None of us wants to see the truth of what is right in front of us, do they? But for our protection, we must not sugar-coat the truth. We must have the courage to see people for what they are.

Within the organization there is a gap between words and deeds, between what organizations say they will do, or what they are committed to doing, and what they are doing.

The plain truth can be the hardest thing to see when it's about yourself. If you don't want to know the truth, you'll do anything to disguise it.

If you don't want to know the truth, you'll do anything to disguise it.

means ceasing to make excuses for the meat hogs inside our own political or racial or gender or cultural in-group and demanding the same rigor from our own favorites as we do from the others.

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie

I mean, it's impossible to fake anything if you've already seen the other person in a way they'd never choose for you to. You can't go back from that.

I don't lie. You don't lie, I repeated. That's what I said. Ever. Nope. Sure you don't, I thought.

There comes a point when things are undeniable and can't be hidden any longer. Even from yourself.

I should have told you from the start. I will let you down.

You can never be sure of anyone until you're close enough to see them clearly.

Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone's face, it was another.

I tried to hold myself apart, showing only what I wanted, doling out bits and pieces of who I was. But that only works out for so long. Eventually, even the smallest fragments can't help but, make a whole.

if i were a book i would be so open

People will tell you what they want you to know.

What must it be like to be so genuine, so fragile, your entire world of thoughts so easy to read on your face? I couldn't even imagine.

The thing about a country famous for its bribery is that the people who don't take bribes are very keen you know that about them.

But if the guru and s?dhus behave hypocritically, then their teaching cannot be accepted as a transparent via medium, and the whole epistemological system of receiving the truth breaks down.

A man may say, From now on I'm going to speak the truth. But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.

Nobody should be a mystery intentionally. Unintentionally is mysterious enough.

Sometimes I wonder," I said, "if people who are going to tell the truth shouldn't make sure first that they can defend themselves.