Quotes About Transparency

Anything more than the truth would be too much.

Revelation WE make ourselves a place apart Behind light words that tease and flout, But oh, the agitated heart Till someone find us really out. 'Tis pity if the case require (Or so we say) that in the end We speak the literal to inspire The understanding of a friend. But so with all, from babes that play At hide-and-seek to God afar, So all who hide too well away Must speak and tell us where they are

Hide your intentions not by closing up (with the risk of appearing secretive, and making people suspicious) but by talking endlessly about your desires and goals-just not the real ones.

Try to persuade a person by appealing to their consciousness, by saying outright what you want, by showing all your cards, and what hope do you have? You are just one more irritation to be tuned out.

How can I be 100 percent honest with Chris, and at the same time be 100 percent respectful?

When it comes to risky, controversial, and emotional conversations, skilled people find a way to get all relevant information (from themselves and others) out into the open. That's it. At the core of every successful conversation lies the free flow of relevant information. People openly and honestly express their opinions, share their feelings, and articulate their theories. They willingly and capably share their views, even when their ideas are controversial or unpopular.

He had seen photographs of people whose tragedies had turned their faces to transparent glass, had even taken a few: survivors of house fires and hunting accidents whose grief was distinguished by a wide-open compassion that extended outward in every direction.

there was no truth that couldn't be told.

Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth.

Es ist besser von der Wahrheit verletzt als mit einer Lüge getröstet zu werden.

To this day, I find it hard to gaze directly at people like Hassan, people who mean every word they say.

Mejor resultar herido por la verdad que consolare con una mentira.

All my life, I have lived like an aquarium fish in the safety of a glass tank, behind a barrier as impenetrable as it has been transparent. I have been free to observe the glimmering world on the other side, to picture myself in it, if I like. But I have always been contained, hemmed in, by the hard, unyielding confines of the existence

Duele decirlo —aseguró, encogiéndose de hombros—. Pero es mejor resultar herido por la verdad que consolarse con una mentira.»

We could've done this anywhere, but I wanted you to see me, to see this, he said, gesturing at the room. I wanted you to know where I come from, what I am under the choices I make.

Just because I don't wear my heart on my sleeve—" "You don't even wear your heart in your chest

Great power does not corrupt a person, it only brings their true self into the light

That he was being forthright meant more to me than his ugly past.

Never hide who you are

I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them.

You look like utter hell," Circe told me. "I wish you'd stop sugar-coating things, Water Witch.

I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them." If Jack's bravery was like a living thing inside him, Aric's wisdom radiated from him

Shall we disembowel the pachyderm in the room?" Lothaire intoned as he took a seat in the billiards den. "Or discuss it? Or whatever one does when an elephant appears indoors.