Quotes about Transparency

I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books. It's been printed all over, so I don't feel like I am hiding anything.

Godly teachers encourage questions; those who demand unthinking agreement have something to hide.

You were created for truth. So no matter how frightening it may be at the time, we must always be truthful with ourselves.

I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.

There is a real hunger for information about Obama and a sense that information is not being covered or, in some cases, even being withheld. There is a sense that there are elements of the media that are protective of Obama, that they would rather block a story that is embarassing about Obama than let the American public decide.

God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!

I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?

God already knows the naked truth about us, of course. Why not acknowledge it?

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

In Washington, D. C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth.

Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day.

It's hard to be something that you're not. It's hard to keep everyone happy, wear different masks, and pretend, depending on who you're with. You know what's easy: being you, being real, being vulnerable.