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A man who makes himself a god must hide; otherwise his false divinity will be unmasked. But God can become a child and talk in parables and never lose His Divinity.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.
— Victor Hugo
Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
When the mask of Darth Vader is removed, you see an unformed man, one who has not developed as a human individual. What you see is a strange and pitiful sort of undifferentiated face.
— Joseph Campbell
We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real … and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be nothing, but who can give himself eternally to the truth in whom he subsists.
— Thomas Merton
We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be nothing, but who can give himself eternally to the truth in whom he subsists. (295)
— Thomas Merton
Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
— John Eldredge
There's nothing grimmer than the tragedy that wears a comic mask.
— Edith Wharton
A beautiful face can mask great evil...
— Francine Rivers
Talkative represents the man or woman who delights in talking about divine things but has only theoretical knowledge of such things. No actual personal heart experience correlates to the matters they love to discuss so eloquently. They are often highly esteemed by others, but those closest to them would quickly betray a life out-of-sync with their words. The mask fashioned by fluency with all subjects divine hides their real life.
— John Bunyan
Suicide attacks are the actions of losers who have nothing left to lose. In this case, Islam serves as a mask, a cover for desperation and nihilism, but not for religion.
— Walter Kasper
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins
— Ralph Waldo Emerson