Quotes About Transparency

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words...

When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

we live behind our transparent walls that seem woven of gleaming air —we are always visible, always washed in light. We have nothing to hide from one another. Besides, this makes much easier the burdensome and noble task of the Guardians, for, Who knows what might happen otherwise? Perhaps it was precisely those bizarre, opaque dwellings of the ancients that gave rise to their psychology of individuality.

A human being is made as absurdly as these preposterous "apartments"; human heads are opaque, with only tiny windows in them—the eyes.

I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.

When we grow up, we find ways to hide our anxieties, our loneliness, our fear and sorrow. But children hide nothing, putting everything into their tears, which they spread liberally about for the whole world to see.

Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy.

I dream of a moment when, without my asking, my actions will betray completely this part of me that asks for nothing

Only friendship which can stand occasional plain speaking is worth having.

journalists who inform society about and thus protect it from cheats and freeloaders. Most

It starts with campaign finance reform.

History can never be covered up.

Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide."—ZIG ZIGLAR

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear and guilt removed, you are free to be and do your best.

As the sun is above all clouds, the truth is above all lies. When the sun appears, the truth will become visible.

I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is ... to tell the truth.

Things that are truly innocent don't need to be labelled as such.

The most significant role of a leader is to make the invisible clearly visible. Inspiration is invisible but inspired action is visible. Truth is invisible but trustworthy behaviour is visible. A leader has to constantly cross the bridge between what is unseen and that which is seen in order to connect with his followers.

He stared at Esmelda with a face like glass, nothing hidden. What I saw there wasn't steel or fire or stone. Feelings stirred in me and I had to look away. I knew what I saw because I'd felt them, too — understanding, sadness, compassion...forgiveness.

Honesty is probably the sexiest thing a man can give to a woman.

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.

No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle.