Mask Quotes

729 quotes by 560 authors

In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces. — W. Somerset Maugham
Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask. — Benjamin Franklin
When two persons open up to each other just as they are, friendship grows. When two persons are ready to drop their masks, they have… — Rajneesh
First examine what is constantly there in your mind, what is being repeated again and again. You don't have many thoughts. If you examine minutely… — Rajneesh
Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You… — G I Gurdjieff
As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day. — Mark Twain
After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking… — Henry David Thoreau
For that, one has to drop all the masks, one has to risk many things, particularly respectability. That is a bribe by the society. It… — Rajneesh
Meditation will drop all the masks. It is a search for the original face. — Rajneesh
The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but… — John Keegan
Unless a person decides that `Whatever the cost, I want just to be myself. Condemned, unaccepted, losing respectability - everything is okay but I cannot… — Rajneesh
My child,you are broken. Unless you know that you are broken yourself,it will be severely laborious to love the broken people around you. You will… — Bo Sanchez
Nobody is one block of harmony. We are all afraid of something, or feel limited in something. We all need somebody to talk to. It… — Liv Ullmann
If you choose to be Frankenstein with Botox and plastic surgery, you've bought your own private mask. — Frances Conroy
'A mother must put on her oxygen mask first, in order to be able to help her children' - I see this instruction on airplanes… — Unknown Author
If you are bent on assuming a pose and never reveal yourself to anyone frankly, in the fashion of many who live a false life… — Seneca the Younger
Judgment is guilt wearing a moral mask to disguise its pain. — Deepak Chopra
One or another man, liberated or cursed, suddenly sees-but even this man sees rarely-that all we are is what we aren't, that we fool ourselves… — Fernando Pessoa
The Patriot wears that mask EVERYWHERE! Even in the shower! — Unknown Author
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask It's hard to see the pain behind the mask Bearing the burden of a secret storm Sometimes she… — Martina McBride

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