“Don't call yourself a secret
unless you mean to keep it.”

— Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems 1956–1968

Source: Selected Poems 1956-1968

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Canadian poet and singer-songwriter 1934–2016

Gregory David Roberts book Shantaram

Source: Shantaram

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”

George Orwell book 1984

Variant: For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself.
Source: 1984

“A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you're keeping.”

Kenneth Tynan (1927–1980) English theatre critic and writer

As quoted in The Life of Kenneth Tynan (1987) by Kathleen Tynan, p. 188

“Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.”

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

Source: Speak

“It's not fun to keep secrets, but sometimes you have to do it to protect yourself. And to protect people around you. - Meredith, p112”

Sara Shepard (1973) Author

Source: Stunning

“Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will??”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“Don't take LSD unless you are very well prepared, unless you are specifically prepared to go out of your mind. Don't take it unless you have someone that's very experienced with you to guide you through it. And don't take it unless you are ready to have your perspective on yourself and your life radically changed”

Timothy Leary (1920–1996) American psychologist

CBC Documentary: How To Go Out of Your Mind: The LSD Crisis (1966)
Context: We always have urged people: Don't take LSD unless you are very well prepared, unless you are specifically prepared to go out of your mind. Don't take it unless you have someone that's very experienced with you to guide you through it. And don't take it unless you are ready to have your perspective on yourself and your life radically changed, because you're gonna be a different person, and you should be ready to face this possibility.