Quotes About Transparency

A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.

No man should have a secret from his wife. She invariably finds it out.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

Say the truth even if it may be bitter.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

There is no wisdom like frankness.

The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

Nothing is hidden that will not be made known; nothing is secret that will not come to light.

Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

Truth never hurts the teller.

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.

The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'.

Even the faults of a Guru must be told.

Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?

Things that are covered don't heal well.

Social climbers are like ghosts. Scarey and transparent at the same time.

Our contemporary poverty is as transparent as glass and as invisible as the air. Our poverty is kilometer-long lines, the constant elbowing, spiteful officials, trains late without reason, the water cut off by some disaster (...), the monotony of living without any hope whatsoever, the decaying historic cities, the provinces emptying the rivers poisoned. Our poverty is the grace of the totalitarian state by whose grace we live.

Nie rób zgrywy, bo powiem ludziom, kim jeste?.

Sincerity is not to say everything you think but to mean everything you say.

I'd be more open than a book too. My spine would crack, I'd fall out in halves.

Ah, background checks,' I say. 'The foundation of every beautiful romance.