A true friend will speak truth to you, even…
Page 140. A true friend will speak truth to you, even when it hurts.
— from True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values)
In the book
Part of that maturity is the humility to recognize your own perceptual limits and to genuinely value the people who see differently, because their differences are exactly what fill the gaps in your own view. And a real friend will speak the truth to you even when it hurts — learn to be that kind of friend, and to keep them close. Your relationship with truth is the calibration of the whole instrument. Truth, by its nature, is empowering; avoiding it sabotages you, because then you steer by illusion — and the truth always points toward freedom. — True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values)