Randy Pausch Quotes

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

This is personal, she'd said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn't see it at first glance. It was fake on the outside, but so true within. You only had to look, really look to tell.

I am not interested in anything that doesn't have a genuine heart to it. You've got to have soul in the hole. If that isn't there, I don't see the point.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

You can't just sing the song and live another life, you know. It's really difficult now because that's not what it's about. It's pop and pop just says that we could be actors. We could sing about stuff and not believe in it. It could be absolutely fraudulent and it doesn't really matter.

You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

But above all, in order to be, never try to seem.

Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.

I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface.

He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.

Weirdly enough, I don't like to pretend. I try to use things in me, and translate them into the situation and the characters, so it always needs to run through my own veins.

And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

Where in this small-talking world can I find A longitude with no platitude?

The gentleman is solid mahogany; the fashionable man is only veneer.

Above all, in order to gain respect, you need to be true to yourself. There is no point in trying to be brutal if it's not in your nature; there is no point in trying to be suave and sophisticated if it doesn't come naturally.

There's a truth to the fact that it's hard to be real. It's easy to be indulgent. It's easy to be bubble gum, but it's hard to find a real thing that really makes your soul tick. It's painful and honest. It can be more challenging than just a sad song.

Sincerity is the surest road to confidence.

While love ceaselessly strives toward that which lies at the hiddenmost center, hatred only perceives the topmost surface . . .

Liking interesting things doesn't make you interesting.

Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves.

Do you expect sincerity in man when hypocrisy is the very keynote of human nature? We are nurtured on it; we are schooled in it, we live by it; and we rarely realize it.’ – Book 3, Chapter 16

One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.

Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it.

See that you feel the truths that you speak.

If the stories don't come from the inside out, then Bridget [Jones] is not being true to herself and it's very important to me that she stays that way.