Quotes About Transparency

Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither very democratic nor very just.

Never bury something deep, baby. Takes twice as much courage to be who you are, say what you think, feel what you feel and let it show then it does to bury it.

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.

You cannot weave truth on a loom of lies.

Sometimes my dad even gets on this kick--'You hate this country'....I have to tell him...I just hate being lied to.

Ideas in secret die. They need light and air or they starve to death.

Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances.

Well," I said, "after years and years of painting ourselves opaque, this carries us straight back to when we were sure we were transparent." "Is that it?" "Maybe. Who knows.

Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.

The Bible schools us to pray with blistering honesty.

He is fragile, like a prince of ice, of glass.

But I also know that you can lie not only by what you say but what you don't say.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Give the girl some credit. At least she told you, instead of letting you figure it out on your own. Yeah, and she told me last! Eve glared at the two boys, hands on her hips. Boyfriend, Shane said, holding up his hand. Landlord, Michael chimed in. Crap, Eve sighed. I guess that does leave me in last place.

Sorry, is my new Djinn name Mushroom ? Because I don't like being kept in the dark and fed bullshit, David. Just so you know.

Stop lying by omission

No, Kez, don't pour sugar on a pile of shit and call it breakfast.

I don't know why I'm saying any of this, except that it's the truth. -Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

It is much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face.

But we had never gone out of our way to reveal ourselves, either. Instead, we'd let the facts speak for themselves.

And she thought: don't trust love unless you can see what it costs the lover.

She'd come here in order to be in a place where polite lies weren't possible

Stormy Llewellyn didn't want a pedestal. She wanted only someone who would look her straight in the eyes and always tell her the truth.