Quotes about Authenticity
I'm not going to have the TV personality and be like, 'There's no bitterness. There's no ugliness.' There's bitterness. There's ugliness. There's pain. There's greed. There's malice, and there's hurt. That's all good stuff for any kind of art. I'm not necessarily feeding that side of myself, and I try not to encourage it too much.
— Pete Holmes
I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.
— Parker Palmer
A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
— Henry Ward Beecher
If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
— Khalil Gibran
Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed. Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed. Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed.
— Horatius Bonar
Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
— Vernon Howard
Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.
— CS Lewis
The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.
— Marianne Williamson
When people show you who they are ... believe them!
— Oprah Winfrey
It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
— DH Lawrence
What we have to be is what we are.
— Thomas Merton
There is no wisdom save in truth.
— Martin Luther