Laura Riding Quotes

In general, my rule is find out where your heart is, then speak from the heart. People know the difference between that and something scripted.

I want a language that speaks the truth.

The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.'

Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.

I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.

Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.

Authenticity in any format is important, so I try as hard as I can to stay as real as possible.

I believe that my work has been well-received because it is authentic. All people really want are authenticity and truth.

Honest communication is a rare thing.

Whenever you try to say something in a sincere way, it gets communicated no matter what the genre.

Don't write slogans, write truths.

Fair words cost nothing.

A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.

There is nothing so delightful as the hearing, or the speaking of truth. For this reason, there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive.

Talk without truth is the hollow brass; talk without love is like the tinkling cymbal, and when it does not tinkle it jingles, and when it does not jingle, it jars.

The first great requisite is absolute sincerity. Falsehood and disguise are miseries and misery-makers.

A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what's in our hearts.

Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people.

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.

I wrote almost all of it in the deepest hope and conviction. Sifting my thoughts and choosing my words. Trying to say what was true. And I'll tell you frankly, that was wonderful.

To me, honesty and the difficulty of honest communication are at the heart of both my life and my movies. The difficulty of being yourself.

If you want the truth rather than merely something to say, you will have a good deal less to say.

it is not enough to speak, but to speak truee

Truth usually stammers at first.