“I live in an ecotone. Employment must coexist with goofing off. Responsibility must coexist with irresponsibility.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
The individual's duty is to do what he wants to do, to think whatever he likes, to be accountable to no one… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality. — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Chefs have always been leaders, but now, because of social media and the evolution of the chef identity, we have a voice… — Roy Choi Copy Share Image
Individuals because of their identity can't render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
Every adult has the right to choose who they wish to spend their lives with, and we're all capable of making mistakes,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match… — Tamara Ecclestone Copy Share Image
I think I appeal to people who are living in the margins because of their identity and who need to feel freedom… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
To have an open self is to provide a free channel for the infinite goodness of God. To have an open self… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“Have you ever truly, keenly felt like you don't know who you are? Do you ever do something and think, Who is… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
“One of the major problems in the spiritual life is our attachment to our own self-image—either positively or negatively created. We have… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
While the secular world pushes woman to find her identity in herself as a sex object, the popular teachings in the Church,… — Leanne Payne Copy Share Image
Winning or losing an argument, receiving an acceptance or rejection, is no proof of the validity or value of personal identity. One… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
When a lot of athletes get done playing, they end up in some really tough positions. They have a hard time transitioning… — Aaron Kampman Copy Share Image
I want to be the apostle of self destruction. I want my book to affect man's reason, his emotions, his nerves, his… — Leonid Andreyev Copy Share Image
I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
We say being selfless is a really good thing, but if you think about it you're saying self-less, like without a self.… — Aimee Lou Wood Copy Share Image
What I wanted to try and figure out was, okay, in contemporary 21st century life the alienation between the self and the… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
“Our first experience of life is primarily felt in the *body.* ... We know ourselves in the security of those who hold… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The rise of ISIS, the orgy of identity politics, and the political changes they brought - how could Obama not see that… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
“Just as in the physical world, people within virtual worlds perform and cycle through different roles and identities. Virtual worlds make such… — Tom Boellstorff Copy Share Image
No matter what, I need to maintain my sense of self and always be true to who I am. And that while… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
To strive to be perfect is going down the road of self-destruction. To strive to be yourself is going down the road… — Isaiah Harden (Me Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of my childhood moving around, so I was constantly adjusting to different environments and finding a new identity. — Camila Mendes Copy Share Image
Self-realization may be and sometimes is attained even by people who are struggling with sick and otherwise imperfect bodies; but it cannot… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
It's unwise to say nation-states wanting to retain their national identity in Europe should be dissuaded or stopped from doing so. Nationalism… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
I've struggled with an identity sometimes; I don't know what exactly I am. I love so many types of music, and I… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The human body is not the person. Identity is the way the brain operates; it's memories, it's sensory input and output. The… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
“Our ‘ego’ or self-conception could be pictured as a leaking balloon, forever requiring the helium of external love to remain inflated and… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
You're your truest self when you're young, and when somebody says something, and you're like, 'Oh, maybe I'm not normal,' you shut… — King Princess Copy Share Image
Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we can surrender ourselves we must become ourselves. For no one can give up what he… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“No-one had ever looked at me before Suzanne, not really, so she had become my definition. Her gaze softening my centre so… — Emma Cline Copy Share Image
“In a world lost in the darkness of ignorance, deception and confusion, a self-educated human being with integrity is the Light.” — Gavin Nascimento Copy Share Image
“Why do we go on and on about individuality being the very essence of who we are, and then accept a degrading… — Bradley Trevor Greive Copy Share Image
You are so beautiful, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, Keep your chin up, and find your identity in Christ, not the… — Rachel Copy Share Image
“The true self is that which is in touch with reality. The false self is the aspects of your personality that are… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
When our identity comes from the self, then we keep our energy to ourselves. We feel energetic, we feel powerful, and we… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
