Candor ends paranoia.

In a single aphoristic line, Ginsberg links psychological suspicion to secrecy and half-truths: paranoia thrives when motives are hidden, communication is indirect, and people must guess what others mean. “Candor” suggests frank speech, emotional transparency, and the willingness to name what is actually happening—habits Ginsberg valued both personally and as a Beat writer committed to confession and unvarnished testimony. The claim is not that honesty eliminates all fear, but that it interrupts the feedback loop in which uncertainty breeds imagined plots. As advice, it urges direct disclosure as an antidote to mistrust in relationships, communities, and politics.