#genuine

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces. ↗

— Austin O'Malley

#faces #friendship #genuine #homely #i

But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated. ↗

— Roger Sessions

#being #communicated #communication #concentration #demands

The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out. To have genuine empathy, not as a make-nice tool but as an understanding, is essential to the next step. ↗

— Patricia Sun

#discoveries #empathy #essential #genuine #grow

Critics might contend that putting former private-sector CEOs in the president's Cabinet places the fox in the henhouse. But it's unlikely such executives would expose themselves to the headaches if they weren't genuinely motivated by the call to service. ↗

— John Sununu

#call #ceos #contend #critics #executives

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#consensus #genuine #leader #searcher

I do want love. Genuine love. ↗

— Jill Scott

#i #i do #love #want

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom. ↗

— Robin Morgan

#become #begin #cause #committed #fight

I know Raft did have some genuine affairs with actresses. ↗

— Cesar Romero

#did #genuine #i #know #raft

Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk and attempts to tear it, and cannot tear it, is he in his right mind to say "This silk is fake! I thought it was soft, I thought it was delicate, but look, I cannot even tear it" ? Surely, this man is not in his right mind! The silk is not fake! This silk is 100% real. It's the man who is stupid! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#fake #gentle #genuine #inspirational #inspirational-life

The difference between my darkness and your darkness is that I can look at my own badness in the face and accept its existence while you are busy covering your mirror with a white linen sheet. The difference between my sins and your sins is that when I sin I know I'm sinning while you have actually fallen prey to your own fabricated illusions. I am a siren, a mermaid; I know that I am beautiful while basking on the ocean's waves and I know that I can eat flesh and bones at the bottom of the sea. You are a white witch, a wizard; your spells are manipulations and your cauldron from hell yet you wrap yourself in white and wear a silver wig. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#fake #genuine #genuineness #goodness #hypocrisy