Quotes About Transparency

The only things people can ever know about you are the ones that you let them see

If the journalist is secretly the tool of some invisible public relations machine or vested commercial interest it is the public whose interest is betrayed

I wish more people would belabor the obvious, and more often.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

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

The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.

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

El color del agua parece ser del color del vaso dentro del cual ha sido vertido'.

El color del agua aparenta ser del color del vaso en el cual fue vertido

El color del agua parece ser del color del vaso dentro del cual ha sido vertida'.

Let me know about a problem as soon as you know about it.

One way is to leave the top floor and its grand accoutrements and get down into the bowels for real. Don't tell anyone you are coming. Avoid advance notices that produce crash cleanups, frantic preparations, and PowerPoint presentations.

There is no subterfuge in you, Miss Adeline. Why is that?" Color came and went in her cheeks. "Everyone has layers. Even me." He leaned closer as his son neared and allowed a curl to wrap his finger. "I look forward to peeling back those layers.

A monster is a person who has stopped pretending.

I gave them all the truth and none of the honesty.

Asking about the childhood is asking for the truth.

and uncared for. Nor could I see the necessity for the complete undressing:

We reflect God's character the most when we give freely of ourselves with no strings attached, no secret motives, no hidden agenda.

Accountability requires the internal strength of honesty. We have to be strong enough to hear the honest questions and answer them honestly. We have to be strong enough to ask honest questions and hear honest answers, reacting appropriately and with grace and respect. Without honesty, there is no accountability, pure and simple.

See, most people you meet, they'll talk to you through fifty layers of gauze and tinting. Sometimes you know they're lying even before they've started speaking. And it seems the older they get, the more brazen and desperate folks become, and they lie about things that don't even matter... I don't know. Maybe they just get so used to it they don't even notice. Maybe it's like a creeping curse and the more you do it, the easier it gets. What's amazing is that they think they're fooling anybody.

See, most people you meet, they'll talk to you through fifty layers of gauze and tinting. Sometimes you know they're lying even before they've started speaking. And it seems the older they get, the more brazen and desperate folks become, and they lie about things that don't even matter.

What you see is what you get.

Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.