Quotes about Authenticity
Truth is the first of jewels.
— Margaret Fuller
Your best friend is the one who tells you the most truth.
— Paul Washer
I want to be simple. I think that we try - and we think when we grow up - that we have the truth, because we experience and stuff. But that bullsh*t actually.
— Stromae
Truth without love is too hard; love without truth is too soft.
— John Stott
Say the truth and shame the devil.
— Hugh Latimer
Truth is the only healthy place from which to speak. Assumption is the birthplace of godless chatter.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Love is real, real is love.
— John Lennon
Love is not just tolerance. It's not just distant appreciation. It's a warm sense of, 'I am enjoying the fact that you are you.'
— NT Wright
Love is perfect in proportion to it's freedom.
— Thomas Merton
We cannot settle for the pretenses of connection, or for the parodies of self-love.
— Audre Lorde
If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, 'No, but I'm trying.
— Brennan Manning
Truth without love is imperious self-righteousn ess. Love without truth is cowardly self-indulgence .
— Timothy Keller