Quotes About Genuineness

As Emerson once put it, "What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

Today we come across an individual who behaves like an automaton, who does not know or understand himself, and the only person that he knows is the person that he is supposed to be, whose meaningless chatter has replaced communicative speech, whose synthetic smile has replaced genuine laughter, and whose sense of dull despair has taken the place of genuine pain. Two statements may be said concerning this individual. One is that he suffers

Emerson once put it, "What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

We can "pose" and "put on" for a stranger or an associate. We can pretend. And for a while we can get by with it—at least in public. We might even deceive ourselves. Yet I believe that most of us know the truth of what we really are inside; and I think many of those we live with and work with do as well.

Today we come across an individual who behaves like an automaton, who does not know or understand himself, and the only person that he knows is the person that he is supposed to be, whose meaningless chatter has replaced communicative speech, whose synthetic smile has replaced genuine laughter, and whose sense of dull despair has taken the place of genuine pain.

Today we come across an individual who behaves like an automaton, who does not know or understand himself, and the only person that he knows is the person that he is supposed to be, whose meaningless chatter has replaced communicative speech, whose

You cannot pretend for long, for you will eventually be found out.

Sincerity: that's the hard part. If you can fake that, the rest is easy.

But wouldn't it be nice if we all smuggled a few childlike instincts across the border into adulthood? We'd spend more time saying what we mean and asking questions we care about;

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

Love me or hate me, I always speak the truth.

My motive has always been just to be who I am, and play what I love- if that doesn't get me anywhere then at least it wasn't because I tried to be something I'm not.

Don't throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun, casual relationship than have someone pretending they're completely in love with me.

But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.

False teachers invite people to come to the Master's table because of what's on it, not because they love the Master.

One of the benefits of being you is: You know that the people who love you, love you for you. They don't love you for who they think you are or who you're pretending to be.

Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.

The genuiness of our worship cannot be measured in decibels of sound, and although it is vital that we express our love for God vocally, He looks to see the evidence in our lives.

It's insane to me to ask anybody to be what they're not. Know what you know the best, love the most. That's always going to be the answer to the thing that you have the best shot at winning at.

You don't need to do anything to be loved. Just be who you know you are. It's the only way to experience real love.

Anyone who really loves you wants you to be authentic. And anyone who doesn't want you to be authentic doesn't really love you.

O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.

Give up being perfect for being authentic. Be who you are. Love who you are. Others will too.

Do not talk about the soul, heaven, or God. Talking about something that is not yet a reality for you amounts to falsehood.