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title: "7 False Selves Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 False Selves quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best False Selves sayings and thoughts."
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> [Perhaps we've got so involved in the false selves we project on social media that we've forgotten that our real selves, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-boyle/perhaps-we-ve-got-so-involved-in-the-false-selves-we-project-on/)

[Frankie Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-boyle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/frankie-boyle-2425_identity_perhaps-we-ve-got-so-involved-in-the-fal_388334.png)

> [“It was an alarming thought that these false selves should still have me in their power, and in my bewilderment I began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/it-was-an-alarming-thought-that-these-false-selves-should-still-have/)

[Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/anna-kavan-8510_identity_it-was-an-alarming-thought-that-these-fa_1354111.jpg)

> [To worship our false selves is to worship nothing. And the worship of nothing is hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-worship-our-false-selves-is-to-worship-nothing-and-the-worship-of/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/thomas-merton-231_hell_to-worship-our-false-selves-is-to-worshi_1627548.jpg)

> [Girls who stay true to themselves manage to find some way to respect the parts of themselves that are spiritual. They work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-pipher/girls-who-stay-true-to-themselves-manage-to-find-some-way-to-respect/)

[Mary Pipher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-pipher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/mary-pipher-10060_alive_girls-who-stay-true-to-themselves-manage_1782842.jpg)

> [We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/we-are-all-engaged-in-the-task-of-peeling-off-the-false-selves-the/)

[Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/)

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> [“I imagine everyone wears layered masks, and parades around a variety or panoply of false selves depending on the occasion. Normal people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-hoffman/i-imagine-everyone-wears-layered-masks-and-parades-around-a-variety/)

[Wendy Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-hoffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/wendy-hoffman-43498_false-self_i-imagine-everyone-wears-layered-masks-a_2671937.jpg)

> [“I imagine everyone wears layered masks, and parades around a variety or panoply of false selves depending on the occasion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-hoffman/i-imagine-everyone-wears-layered-masks-and-parades-around-a-variety-2/)

[Wendy Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-hoffman/)

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