Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes

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)

All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself.

The worst thing would be for them to find out who I really am, because that's where I hide.

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

No one knows the three-dimensional story of who I am. Or anyone is.

A mirror reflects what you see, and a black mirror shows the dark side of it.

We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.

you can't really know the person standing before you, because always there is some missing piece

We are hidden in ourselves, like a truth hidden in isolated facts. When we know that this One in us is One in all, then our truth is revealed.

You know the name you were given, you do not know the name that you have

A sweet face oft hides a sinner's heart.

Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.

You look at me and see the girl,who lives inside the golden world,but don't believe, that's all there is to see,you'll never know the real me.

Men are not free when they're doing just what they like. Men are only free when they're doing what the deepest self likes. And there is getting down to the deepest self! It takes some diving.

There is more that meets the eye, I see the soul that is inside.

Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.

I stood in this unsheltered place, 'til I could see the face behind the face.

As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the silhouette?

What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.

I have a face I cannot show, I make the rules up as I go.

I believe that what Genesis suggests is that this original self, with the print of God's thumb still upon it, is the most essential part of who we are and is buried deep in all of us as a source of wisdom and strength and healing which we can draw upon or, with our terrible freedom, not draw upon as we choose. I think that among other things all real art comes from that deepest self - painting, writing music, dance, all of it that in some way nourishes the spirit.

The truth is dark under your eyelids.