Quotes about Authenticity

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

You playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won't feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.

A spiritual relationship is not necessarily one in which two people are smiling all the time.  Spiritual means to be above all else, authentic.  Real work can only occur in the presence of rigorous honesty  We all long for that, but we're afraid of communicating honestly with another person because we think they'll leave us if they see who we really are.

Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone, and as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

It is an act of gracious generosity to accept a person based on what we know to be the truth about them, regardless of whether or not they are in touch with that truth themselves.

The heart's transformation is not attained through the mind—it's attained through surrender, authenticity, forgiveness, faith, honesty, acceptance, vulnerability, humility, willingness, nonjudgment, and other characterological values that have to be learned and relearned continuously.

He reminds us that, in every situation, the love you've given is real, and the love you have received is real. Nothing else exists.

are meant to shine. Look at small children. They're all so unique before they start trying to be

Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.

Eastern religions tell us that if we go for God, all that is not authentically ourselves will drop.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

The "face of Christ" is the innocence and love behind the masks we all wear