Quotes about Transparency

When it comes to the truth, people have a right to know it. Always. No matter how much you think it might hurt, the truth is the only thing that both cuts us free and holds us tight.

The truth is the only thing that doesn't hurt. The truth is a giant hand. It both cuts and holds us tight.

If anyone deserves the truth, Nanna, a child does. They can accept things, even hurtful things, if they are dealt with honestly, in love.

Anybody who has ever been around me knows I'll give you my opinion.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

Sincerity is the last refuge of the shallow.

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

We are much more forgiving of those who are willing to come clean right away.

The so-called "right to privacy" of which so much is made in contemporary life is in very large measure merely a way of avoiding scrutiny in our wrongdoing.

Those who have attained considerable spiritual stature are frequently noted for their "childlikeness." What this really means is that they do not use their face and body to hide their spiritual reality. In their body they are genuinely present to those around them. That is a great spiritual attainment or gift.

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.