Quotes about Authenticity

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

Today I accept myself as I am.

Until your knees finally hit the floor, you're just playing at life, and on some level you're scared because you know you're just playing. The moment of surrender is not when life is over. It's when it begins.

Jesus is his name. There's no point in pretending that his name is Herbert.

It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.

J. C. Ryle said, There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough - a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice - which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.3

Truth must be sought at all costs, but separate isolated truths will not do. Truth is like life; it has to be taken on its entirety or not at all. . . . We must welcome truth even if it reproaches and inconveniences us -- even if it appears in the place where we thought it could not be found.

But there was no substitute for reality; one should beware of imitations.

Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.