Quotes about Authenticity

Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance.

True love includes a sense of responsibility and accepting the other person as she is, with all her strengths and weaknesses. If you only like the best things in a person, that is not love.

Love is a living, breathing thing. There is no need to force it to grow in a particular direction. If we start by being easy and gentle with ourselves, we will find it is just there inside of us, solid and healing.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to be yourself.

We must begin to live fully and truly, every moment of our daily lives.

To love is, first of all, to accept ourselves as we are.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're saying when you're being a hypocrite.

I can give you the King's English and then I can take it to the street, but do both or do one and don't do one knowing only the street. That's going to hold you back because what comes out is going to impress people, and it will impress them negatively.

Christianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.

One can do many external deeds of love and still hold back the really precious gift, the inner self. This gift can be given only through communication.

it may feel as if they just want you to stop being you.