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> [You have to be true to yourself, but you have to be true to your best self, not to the self that secretly thinks you are better than other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/you-have-to-be-true-to-yourself-but-you-have-to-be-true-to-your-best/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

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## Other authors on Best self

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## More by Stephen Gaskin

> [The classic relationship with grass that early hippies had was that it's better shared with friends. You can't really get high with a bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/the-classic-relationship-with-grass-that-early-hippies-had-was-that/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

> [Children don't just get milk from breastfeeding, they get our energy too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/children-don-t-just-get-milk-from-breastfeeding-they-get-our-energy/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

> [I've seen couples that were having a hard times sexually try cannabis and have it just open their vibes until they were able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/i-ve-seen-couples-that-were-having-a-hard-times-sexually-try-cannabis/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

> [I suddenly started feeling that the magic of psychedelics wasn't in some other world or some other place, but that they put you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/i-suddenly-started-feeling-that-the-magic-of-psychedelics-wasn-t-in/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

> [You have to be true to yourself, but you have to be true to your best self, not to the self that secretly thinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/you-have-to-be-true-to-yourself-but-you-have-to-be-true-to-your-best/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

> [It’s easier to be God than to see God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/it-s-easier-to-be-god-than-to-see-god/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

> [I'm a teacher, not a leader. If you lose your leader, you're leaderless and lost, but if you lose your teacher there's a chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/i-m-a-teacher-not-a-leader-if-you-lose-your-leader-you-re-leaderless/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

> [Touch is the first language we speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/touch-is-the-first-language-we-speak/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

> [Get your mind unbound and free; and then from the loosest, highest, best place you have, with the fastest and most humorous mind you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/get-your-mind-unbound-and-free-and-then-from-the-loosest-highest-best/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

> [The wisdom and compassion a woman can intuitively experience in childbirth can make her a source of healing and understanding for other women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaskin/the-wisdom-and-compassion-a-woman-can-intuitively-experience-in/)

[Stephen Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaskin/)

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