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> [We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price... we are misunderstood. When we are misunderstood, especially by family and friends, we join the 'lonely crowd.' Worse... we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/we-camouflage-our-true-being-before-others-to-protect-ourselves/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

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## More by Sidney Jourard

> [We encourage people to believe that there is only one identity, one role, one way for them to be, one value for them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/we-encourage-people-to-believe-that-there-is-only-one-identity-one/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [This loss of self contributes to illness in its myriad forms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/this-loss-of-self-contributes-to-illness-in-its-myriad-forms/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [You cannot collaborate with another person toward some common end unless you know him. How can you know him, and he you, unless you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/you-cannot-collaborate-with-another-person-toward-some-common-end/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [Perhaps the most important reason for self-disclosure is that without it we cannot truly love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/perhaps-the-most-important-reason-for-self-disclosure-is-that-without/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/the-act-of-writing-bears-something-in-common-with-the-act-of-love-the/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [We learn to deceive ourselves while we are trying to deceive others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/we-learn-to-deceive-ourselves-while-we-are-trying-to-deceive-others/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [Paradoxically, we fail to disclose ourselves to other people because we want so much to be loved. Because we feel that way, we present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/paradoxically-we-fail-to-disclose-ourselves-to-other-people-because/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [Learning is not a task or a problem-it is a way to be in the world. Man learns as he pursues goals and projects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/learning-is-not-a-task-or-a-problem-it-is-a-way-to-be-in-the-world/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price... we are misunderstood.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/we-camouflage-our-true-being-before-others-to-protect-ourselves/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [Actualization of self cannot be sought as a goal in its own right. . . . Rather, it seems to be a by-product of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/actualization-of-self-cannot-be-sought-as-a-goal-in-its-own-right/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [A choice which confronts every one of us at every moment is this: Shall we permit our fellow men to know us as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/a-choice-which-confronts-every-one-of-us-at-every-moment-is-this/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [The experience of surprise is a sign of one's readiness to grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/the-experience-of-surprise-is-a-sign-of-one-s-readiness-to-grow/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

> [Amazement and wonder signify that one's concepts of self and of the world and of other people are ready to be re-formed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-jourard/amazement-and-wonder-signify-that-one-s-concepts-of-self-and-of-the/)

[Sidney Jourard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-jourard/)

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