“Humans pursuing deep, complete connections respond to quite different incentives from those that influence self-interested utility maximizers. Rewards, monitoring, and punishments are… — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
“And if you don’t know who you are, or if your real self has drifted away from you with the undertow, madness… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
When we really start to take a look at who we think we are... we start to see that while we may… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Mundane humans create distinctions between themselves, distinctions that seem ridiculous to any Shadowhunter. Their distinctions are based on race, religion, national identity,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of… — Doug Scott Copy Share Image
“To seek the self, one must first have a clear idea of what one is looking for. Thus, some meditation manuals advise… — Donald S. Lopez Jr Copy Share Image
“We strive to decide our own fate. We act with self-reliance, trusting in our own abilities. We accept responsibility for our conduct… — Jeffrey K. Liker Copy Share Image
He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord,… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity. — John Lone Copy Share Image
Starting at age 10, my personality and my identity all stemmed from employment. I had a set to be at. I was… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
“Anyway, there are two tentative solutions for getting rid of selfishness - both involving a stoic casting - off of the thin… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Try being a white person who adopts the trappings of black culture while still living in the white community. You will face… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Self-expression is not enough; experiment is not enough; the recording of special moments or cases is not enough. All of the artshave… — Jane Heap Copy Share Image
Absolute nakedness was intrusive, confusing to the senses. Paradoxically, it both revealed and diminished identity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Distinction between species and specimen is very much like the distinction between images and actual pictures, or, you know, objects that have… — W. J. T. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Later, I would realize that the position of most black students in predominantly white colleges was already too tenuous, our identities too… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's bad timing, but a lot of kids become teenagers just as their parents are hitting their mid-life crisis. So everybody's miserable… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
It is one thing to understand the gospel but is quite another to experience the gospel in such a way that it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our lives are self created illusions based on experience, growth and expansion. How you react, becomes your translation and view of the… — Danielle Maylyn Copy Share Image
But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Oh Harry," [Gwen] said. "I wish I were a different kind of person." What kind of person, he wanted to know. "Someone,"… — Elizabeth Hay Copy Share Image
When desire for a certain person's attention becomes an "I have to have" kind of grasping, then identity gets organized around needing… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“People will still try to classify me by the thing that makes me an outsider. They want, ironically, the thing I don’t… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Self-Realisation. Soul recognition. The entering of Soul into the Soul Plane and there beholding Itself as pure Spirit. A state of seeing,… — Harold Klemp Copy Share Image
Self-care of all kinds is a huge part of my life. I really encourage other women and other people to really put… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
“Your PAST nor your CURRENT situation DEFINES you – YOU are defined by the CHOICES you make NOW for your future.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, when I'm writing in the first-person, is like a form of acting. So as I'm writing, the character or… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
“If you allow yourself to learn who you really are by paying attention to that voice and force within you, then you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Ego is like a mad elephant which is ridden by our blind heart and blind mind and which ultimately destroys our real… — Kapil Kumar Bhaskar Copy Share Image
People accept us when we prove our self But Allah accept us when we lose our self.... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Natural religion supplies still all the facts which are disguised under the dogma of popular creeds. The progress of religion is steadily… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
For authentic transformation is not a matter of belief but of the death of the believer; not a matter of translating the… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“There is something about who you intrinsically are that has captured God’s heart and mind.” — Catherine Toon Copy Share Image
Life has taught me that if I want to rise, I have to get over myself. So EGO could be perceived as… — Kemmy Nola Http://wwwamoreloveforlifecom Copy Share Image
“Individuality should not translate to narcissism. Realizing the strength of individuality is an accomplishment while being narcissistic is a failure.” — Amitav Chowdhury Copy Share Image
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![“When we really start to take a look at who we think we are... we start to see that while we may have various thoughts, beliefs, and identities, they do not individually or collectively tell us who we are. [And yet] it is astounding how completely we humans define ourselves by the content of our…” quote by Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9f6/adyashanti-1169_awareness_when-we-really-start-to-take-a-look-at-w_994665.jpg)
![“Oh Harry," [Gwen] said. "I wish I were a different kind of person." What kind of person, he wanted to know. "Someone," she said slowly, "who truly loves life." He was still looking at her, still cradling his glasses in his left hand. He said, "You're the kind of person who never stops trying.” quote by Elizabeth Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5af/elizabeth-hay-22753_identity_oh-harry-gwen-said-i-wish-i-were-a-diffe_998421.jpg)
