Quotes about Authenticity

I'm super happy to say that it's not that hard to write bad stand-up. I guess the trick is to write bad stand-up that sounds like you're trying to be good.

I found my own voice slowly. I don't do big tricks like Mariah Carey, so I've found this weird way of singing that works for me.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

The true identity theft is not financial. It's not in cyberspace. It's spiritual. It's been taken.

It takes a real man to make a true confession - a Chocolate Soldier will excuse or cloak his sin.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

What do you despise? By this you are truly known.

I try to explain to people that the only way to be cool is to be who you truly are, and the only way to live life is to do the things that you want to do and be the person that you want to be no matter who that is or what that is or how you have to do it. That's the only way you can be genuinely happy.

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.

Exactitude is not truth.

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

When you tell the truth, you don't have to change your testimony.