Quotes About Transparency

Will you show me what you really look like? You don't sparkle, do you?

but whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it.

Consider me an open book" dev said. "Mi casa es su casa." Dev crinkled his nose and smelled the air. "Err, mi nose es su nose.

Reggie was so sick of it all. The things people knew (or thought they knew) about other people. Maybe everyone had a secret life, not just Vera. She suddenly hated all of it. She wanted people to be as see-through as fish tanks, no more murkiness, no misdirection. No lies and bullshit. No secret rooms or lies about being the star of some goddamn play that didn't even exist.

Never bullshit a bullshitter.

I've learned the hard way that the best thing to do is say nothing about what you're really thinking. If you say nothing, they'll assume you're thinking nothing, only what you let them see.

But what about the secret I bear? I asked. Tell it to the world, he advised. And that is what I am doing.

Honest people don't keep their actions hidden…

honest people don't hide their deeds. (Nelly about Heathcliff, ch. X, p. 103)

Truth is such a rare thing it is delightful to tell it

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

But I cherished our filterless relationship and considered it the truest measure of a best friend, greater than pure affection. Who was the person you trusted enough to be your most transparent self with, in both good times and bad?

We have no relationship without honesty. - by Claude

Children are not good at living a lie. Children have too much energy, are too impatient, and ask too many questions.

The truth was quicker than a lie, so I told it.

Lack of self-awareness renders us transparent. A soul that knows itself is opaque; like Adam after he ate from the tree of knowledge it uses words as fig leaves to cover its nakedness and shame.

Your lies are like a silent fart. Can't see 'em, but I can smell 'em.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it

Be real and be unashamed, even of your faults. I do truly know what my husband is made of and vice versa.

Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.

For knowledge work to flourish, the workplace must be one where people feel able to share their knowledge! This means sharing concerns, questions, mistakes, and half-formed ideas.

The good teams, I suddenly thought, don't make more mistakes; they report more.

Only when the media shines a spotlight can people know and decide whether to act.

Not like that," Ellery whispered, rubbing Jackson's lip with his thumb now. "Like… like you were fading from us, transparent. Like you had given up your body, your life with me, because it was just too damned hard." "It was hard," Jackson admitted.