It is the individual's task to differentiate himself from all the others and stand on his own feet. All collective identities .… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
In aversive racism, the concept of racism is abhorrent to that person. But they're filled with racist conditioning and bias, as we… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
Some care is needed in using Descartes' argument. "I think, therefore I am" says rather more than is strictly certain. It might… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
“I don't want people to think I mind being mistaken for African American. I don't. There are, however, many African immigrants in… — Nadia Owusu Copy Share Image
[C]ultivated risk-taking represents an 'experiment with trust' (in the sense of basic trust) which consequently has implications for an individual's self-identity. (...)… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
“A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“Mostly we tell the story of our lives, or mostly we're taught to tell it, as a quest to avoid suffering, though… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
“As a teenager I clearly remember mornings when I was getting ready for school when something would -just still me- and I… — Laura A. Diaz Copy Share Image
I am not the center of the universe. And it's a lesson that I keep having to learn; it's my ongoing work,… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image
“Knowledge of self ought to be the great project of our lives. Knowing ourselves we will know others. Only by knowing ourselves… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
“A Jew ain't only a religion, and it ain't a race. It isn't an ethnicity, and you aren't disqualified if you're good… — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
“There are no ordinary people. The blur or everyday reality has created a world in which most of us have forgotten our… — Kim Chestney Copy Share Image
The larger the group, the more toxic, the more of your beauty as an individual you have to surrender for the sake… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“The whiteness celebrated in Paris is Burning is not just any old brand of whiteness but rather that brutal imperial ruling-class capitalist… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Food is also about pleasure, about community, about family and spirituality, about our relationship to the natural world, and about expressing our… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“There are days when that dark face is something I can think of as a friend – a primal energy that carries… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
Kripke says that physicalists like me can't explain the 'apparent contingency' of mind-brain identities. He maintains that, if I really believed that… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
“We may take it that the world is undoubtedly itself [i.e., is indistinct from itself], but, in any attempt to see itself,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The autobiographical self (D’Amasio 2000) incorporates the reflective self and some of the emotional self, and it provides the sense of “I”… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Instead of buying into that negative self-talk, state what you intend to invite into your life each day. Be as specific as… — Lisa Mininni Copy Share Image
Through the eclipse of large areas of the self, by repression and inhibition as well as by idealization and externalization, the individual… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
“I faded out. I was for a moment my father tapping on his cigarette, the way he holds it, crushing it flat.… — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
Some people are so afraid of losing their individuality. Wouldn't it be better for the pig to lose his pig-individuality if he… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
One should not be assigned one's identity in society by the job slot one happens to fill. If we truly believe in… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
People who are instigators begin trouble and let others break the rules. To inflict injustice by instigation of other reflects low esteem,lack… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
“Have you ever died before? It’s a serious question. When the illusion of self is shattered, you simply cease to be. Though… — Tameem Antoniades Copy Share Image
“How do I know you're not crazy?" she asks. "How do I know you're not the craziest dude I've ever met?" "You'll… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
For they have always unanimously maintained that nature, rather the Creator Himself, has given man the right of private ownership not only… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
“For fear is a primary source of evil. And when the question "Who am I?" recurs and is unanswered, then fear and… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. .… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Mixed-race blacks have an ethical obligation to identify as black - and interracial couples share a similar moral imperative to inculcate certain… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
“The more self-sufficient we are, the less we need others. The less we need others, the less likely we are to form… — Jeff Shinabarger Copy Share Image
“The testimony of the greatest humans who have ever lived is that the way to make the most of ourselves is by… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
We never know who we are going to be until we are tested, but perhaps we can test ourselves without going to… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Nobody believes the identities we've made for ourselves. I feel like everybody in the world is fake now - as though people… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
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