quotations about secrets
He that publisheth his friend's secrets, doth publish his own shame.
THOMAS WATSON
attributed, Holy Thoughts on Holy Things
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.
PAUL TOURNIER
attributed, 1000 Pocket Positives: Inspiring Quotations
A secret at home is like rocks under tide.
DINAH CRAIK
Magnus and Morna
Everyone in town important enough to have secrets worth keeping knows that secrets are not safe.
FRED BARBASH
"Trump lawyers spill beans, thanks to terrible choice of restaurant -- next door to the New York Times", Washington Post, September 18, 2017
Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
Fables
Our secrets are what keep us sick and as soon as we are able to expose them to another person, that is when the healing begins.
PHILLIP L. SMITH
"For a band of 'brothers,' family and community are at the core of recovery", Watertown Daily Times, September 17, 2017
Sharing a secret is a sure-fire aphrodisiac.
JIM SHELLEY
"R.I.P. Roxy and Ronnie", Daily Mail, January 20, 2017
To know how to keep a secret is the greatest of all secrets.
TUPAC AMARU
attributed, Day's Collacon
Secrets ... are the very root of cool.
WILLIAM GIBSON
Spook Country
The secret things belong unto the Lord our God.
BIBLE
Deuteronomy 29:29
The only secret that has ever been kept is -- well, that is a secret.
E. P. DAY
Day's Collacon
Secrets are insidious and can be a dangerous slippery slope that starts with a small detail you leave out when talking about your day, to a white lie about how much you really spent at the store. Over time, it becomes a habit, and like any habit, the lie grows bigger and wider until you feel like your life is out of control!
MARGOT BROWN
"Money, Sex, & Secrets: Keep Them from Ending Your Relationship", PsychCentral, August 26, 2017
Secret heart
Why so mysterious?
Why so sacred, why so serious?
Maybe you're just acting tough
Maybe you're just not man enough
What's wrong?
Let her in on your secret, heart
RON SEXSMITH
"Secret Heart"
I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
RAINER MARIA RILKE
Selected Poems
Keep your secrets; if you have rice hide it under your unhusked corn.
KADIR MUNSHI
attributed, Day's Collacon
Leave in concealment what has long been concealed.
SENECA
Oedipus
Secrets have a way of making themselves felt, even before you know there's a secret.
JEAN FERRIS
Once Upon a Marigold
If you have hitherto conceal'd this sight,
Let it be tenable in your silence still.
And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,
Give it an understanding, but no tongue.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet
If we can find the best ways to face the secrets we keep from ourselves, I think the act of sharing them can be transformative. It can change who we are.
FRANK WARREN
"Frank Warren aims to share interesting secrets, celebrate people's stories at PostSecret Live event", Central Michigan Life, September 11, 2017
All families have their secrets, most people would never know them, but they know there are spaces, gaps where the answers should be, where someone should have sat, where someone used to be. A name that is never uttered, or uttered just once and never again. We all have our secrets.
CECELIA AHERN
The Book of Tomorrow