Quotes about Secrecy

You seem to forget that I am married, and the one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

There is no pornography without a secrecy.

Yet he was tense, feeling that he and the elderly, estranged woman were conferring together like traitors, like enemies within the camp of the other people.

He could only say the one thing he was afraid to say: Will you hide in my house, master?

From the union of power and money, from the union of power and secrecy, from the union of government and science, from the union of government and art, from the union of science and money, from the union of ambition and ignorance, from the union of genius and war, from the union of outer space and inner vacuity, the Mad Farmer walks quietly away.

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.

If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbroker's do that, and then merely at dinner parties.

When we can't tell anyone else—we can always tell God.

The Disciplines of Christ-likeness The third side of our triangle is made up of spiritual disciplines. These are special activities, many engaged in by Jesus himself, such as solitude and study, service and secrecy, fasting and worship.

The discipline of secrecy will help us break the grip of human opinion over our souls and our actions. A discipline is an activity in our power that we do to enable us to do what we cannot do by direct effort.

He had a face like a nutcracker; a scrawny man of no particular age, with merry secretive eyes.