Quotes about Concealment

True love will not brook reserve; it feels undervalued and outraged, when even the sorrows of those it loves are concealed from it.

We hide what we know or feel ourselves to be (which we assume to be unacceptable and unlovable) behind some kind of appearance which we hope will be more pleasing. We hide behind pretty faces which we put on for the benefit of our public. And in time we may even come to forget that we are hiding, and think that our assumed pretty face is what we really look like.

In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.

Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from before and in broad daylight.

It is remarkable how many creatures live wild and free though secret in the woods, and still sustain themselves in the neighborhood of towns, suspected by hunters only. How retired the otter manages to live here! He grows to be four feet long, as big as a small boy, perhaps without any human being getting a glimpse of him. I

An uncommon prudence is habtual with the subtler depravity, for it has everything to hide.

A man who makes himself a god must hide; otherwise his false divinity will be unmasked.

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.

He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

For thirty years, Jesus never allowed his divinity to manifest itself. He was infinitely superior to everyone but never showed it.