Identity Quotes by Kilroy J. Oldster

“We create our sense of self by merging our fragmented thoughts in a coherent conception of our being.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Our hero’s reflect a projection of our deepest selves.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Self-realization, which leads to purity of the soul, requires forgiving our enemies and working on the most horrendous modules of oneself.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Grand failures – the misfortunes of living – provide human beings with an identity. A person is the sum of his or…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“We each possess the capacity for self-development. We also possess the capacity for self-destruction. The path that we chose to take –…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Our daily habits – honorable and dishonorable, noble and ignoble, vital and vile – are revelatory. Our sense of self is fashioned…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“A person devoted to attaining self-realization would be foolish to ignore the well-intended advice of people whom care about them. Although it…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“The principal theme of any autobiography revolves around the brushwork of self-transformation, the freeing of the self from the strictures of self-imposed…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Self-transformation commences with a period of self-questioning. Questions lead to more questions, bewilderment leads to new discoveries, and growing personal awareness leads…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“In the world of personal development and spiritual growth, a seeker embarks on a path of self-discovery and self-improvement. A seeker desires…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Personal growth commences with an ego death. Self-pride blunts personal growth because the ego resists change. The ego wants to maintain the…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneously in the present moment of physical reality,…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“In order to learn how unreservedly to love other flawed people we must first learn to accept the tattered flag of the…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Self-love and compassion for other people commences with accepting responsibility for the harm caused by our own misconduct and by forgiving other…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“The ego is the culmination of our preferences and dislikes. Our ego represents the firm edges of how we perceive ourselves. An…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Writers use both their blood and their brains to explore the darkest recesses of their pooling self. Writing allows us to harness…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“We do not use writing exclusively to attain perspective upon our self-referential human existence. We dedicate our essayistic existence to witnessing the…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“The manifold of the past, present, and the future all form a single vivacious composition that only exists in the mind’s eye…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“A person whom is dissatisfied with the existing constitution of the self might wish to eradicate the self. A spiritual death can…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“None of us commences life utterly alone. We each carry within our granular mass the protoplasm residue of past generations’ ideas, customs,…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“A personality alters itself through a series of self-referential experiences. We are not the same as the day before. Much as a…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Writing a personal essay or memoir addresses how a person thinks and behaves in the context of society’s prevailing moral and ethical…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Writing is one method for revising a person’s outlook on life and observing the world and one’s place therein from an altered…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Emotional exhaustion follows fast on the footsteps of physical and mental depletion. I feel my lifeblood draining away in an oily spigot…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Human history is the ancient story of the umbilical conflict between a lone individual versus a cabalistic society. A love-hate relationship defines…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“The womb of the world births us. My filth comes from the same earthwork that gives rise to all stories. My interior…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Personal happiness is an end game; it is not an immediate necessity. A person whom attains lasting happiness will necessarily endure many…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Original sin is a self-initiating act because it evidences human free will. If humanity were devoid of free will, it would relegate…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collate our interactions with a…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“The human mind’s innate ability to imagine and create ensures that we never remain stalled out in who we are. We constantly…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“This scroll is my personal obituary, a journal that documents my time toiling on this rocky orb. I labored to say who…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“They say that the personal transformation that gives rise to self-realization – the transcendent function that leads to the highest echelon of…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Self-questioning and self-identification go hand in hand. It is surprising how little life changes. Most of the days that we spend working,…

— Kilroy J. Oldster