The idea of social performance, that we're always performing identities, is something I got fairly obsessed with. I think it's probably because… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Individual societies begin in harmonious adaptation to the environment and, like individuals, quickly get trapped into nonadaptive, artificial, repetitive sequences. When the… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
I think all kinds of meanings in life transcend your self. They're linked to other generations of people around us, to our… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
This is the first thing the Holy Spirit does in your life. He brings you God's presence, and when He does, you… — Chris Oyakhilome Copy Share Image
I felt this during the first few months of my motherhood. You lose who you are - you lose your identity -… — Brie Bella Copy Share Image
“I am—yet what I am none cares or knows; My friends forsake me like a memory lost: I am the self-consumer of… — John Clare Copy Share Image
None of us constitutes a material whole, identical for everyone, which a person has only to go look up as though we… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Nothing could be further from the truth. All identities, without exception, have been socially constructed: the Han, the Burman, the American, the… — James C. Scott Copy Share Image
Then ego goes on growing, because the society needs you as an ego, not as a Self. The Self is irrelevant for… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Like the medieval cartographers of Europe, who felt one would fall into endless space at the edges of the oceans of their… — Kathleen Dowling Singh Copy Share Image
Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you do.… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Those who have chosen the path of least resistance in life, who cannot bear to bring themselves to make a stern value-judgment… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“Whenever a person is the object of your activity, remember that you may not treat that person as only the means to… — John Paul II Copy Share Image
When I was living an almost mechanical lifestyle as an idol, I was constantly wrapped up in thoughts about who I was.… — Park Hyung-sik Copy Share Image
When you sit quietly and let go of every false self-definition , of everything you think you know about who you are,… — Erich Schiffmann Copy Share Image
Maybe I had a 'secret identity,' but then when you think about it, don't we all? A part of ourselves very few… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
Bacon's portraits are an interrogation on the limits of the self. Up to what degree of distortion does an individual still remain… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
To be a man, to have been born without knowing it or wanting it, to be thrown into the ocean of existence,… — Ivo Andric Copy Share Image
The first awareness of the child comes with his ego. He becomes aware of the "I", not of the Self. Really, he… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The human being is what links consciousness to its own infinite expressions in form. Through the form of an awake human being,… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“Social scientists sometimes talk about the concept of "identity". It is the idea that you have a particular vision of the kind… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“It’s only human,' you cry in defense of any depravity, reaching the stage of self-abasement where you seek to make the concept… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“But in fact there are infinite subtleties to identity-that is to say, there is the way that you are, which is the… — Hilary Thayer Hamann Copy Share Image
As the dolphin becomes just another victim of humanity's utilitarian attitudes towards the earth, it seems as though the ancient friendship between… — Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
“Each form is inadequate, like a graft to be rejected by its intractable and unrelenting host and thus can only serve a… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“What are some of the markers of low self-esteem, besides consciously harsh self-judgment? An inflated, grandiose view of oneself — frequently seen… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“ Life is a performance, I thought. Perthaps the word "illusion" would have meant more or less the same thing, but to… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
“our perceptions of the external world are habitually clouded by the verbal notions in terms of which we do our thinking. We… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“He said you have to be on the side of the losers, the people with bad lungs. You have to be with… — Hugo Hamilton Copy Share Image
“...The discrepancy is that the ethical self should be found immanently in the despair, that the individual won himself by persisting in… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Identity confusion... is as if somebody lost their mental road map and has no appreciation of who they are or what is… — Richard A. Chefetz Copy Share Image
Because I want to get a lot done, I can sometimes do that in the flesh. If I don't rest in the… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“Since I am determined to join myself to God, I find that I am also bound to be the enemy of his… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
If you deny yourself access to the child within because you're too serious, you also block your connection to the divine Light… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
America's grand strategy did not come from nowhere. It followed from our deeper conception of ourselves, and our American identity. Who are… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I understand why some women/girls/ladies don't want to be women-identified 'cuz it totally complicates your band identity and no one seems to… — Tobi Vail Copy Share Image
I think we all do craft a certain self-image. I guess the degree that our internal self-image matches the image we project,… — George Harrar Copy Share Image
Taking chances, making mistakes. Living to learn. Life isn't as easy as I thought it'd be...I'm not a follower nor a leader.… — Justin Lee Riner Copy Share Image
If we can stop, listen, and think about what others are seeing in us, we have a great opportunity. We can compare… — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Am I James Todd Smith now or LL Cool J? Pick a name baby. Pick a name and ride with it. I… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
