Tell me with whom you associate, and I will tell you who you are. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
“At what whirling moment had she halted and turned, unbeknownst to herself, the other way?” — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“Who you want to be is already inside of you waiting for you to confront who you are and tag them in… — Sanjo Jendayi Copy Share Image
Despite what people say about my major film roles, I'm not a dull or monotonous woman searching for self-identity. — Monica Vitti Copy Share Image
No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“If you possess enough courage to speak out what you are, you will find you are not alone.” — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
I feel I've always been writing about self-identity. How do we become who we are? So I'm just writing from experience what's… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Was this how a mutiny was sparked? In a moment of heedlessness, so that one became a stranger to the person one… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“Only in a state of solitude, when you willingly stay face to face with God, can He help you to open yourself,… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Discovering the true self is not a product of invention and alteration. Rather, it’s a journey of assorted surprises followed by celebrations… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
False self is an identity based on what you have, what you do, and what others think about you. In stark contrast… — Basil Pennington Copy Share Image
“To know our true essence, we need to leave all of the energy of low vibrations out of our consciousness. We must… — Kenneth Schmitt Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by not doing what they really want to… — Lila Swell Copy Share Image
Society imposes an identity on you because of the way you look. Your struggle as a self has to do with an… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
And yes, there definitely are many good desires. For example, without the desire for food we would not stay alive. It is… — Don Altman Copy Share Image
“The belief in a definable, consistent self, an identity that develops through the course of a life-story and that can be conclusively… — Hermione Lee Copy Share Image
“We are not born free, nor do we come into this world with a self-identity and autonomy of our own. We achieve… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
As Hubert Benoit said, it is not the identification with the ego that is the problem, but the exclusive nature of the… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Regimes are modes of self-discipline, but are not solely constituted by the orderings of convention in day-to-day life; they are personal habits,… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone.… — Erwin McManus 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
“Some eighty years ago, Freud proposed that anxiety was “a riddle whose solution would be bound to throw a flood of light… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
“Grand failures – the misfortunes of living – provide human beings with an identity. A person is the sum of his or… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves. — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“I am made in the image of God. Therefore, if I don’t know God I can’t know me.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Your income reflects your self-identity. Your impact reveals your personal story. — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity. — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
“To know our refuse is to know ourselves. We mark our own trail from past to present with what we've used and… — Jane Avrich Copy Share Image
“We create our sense of self by merging our fragmented thoughts in a coherent conception of our being.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“However, such an understanding is problematic. Barcan Marcus, for example, suggested that "Individuals must be there before they enter into relations, even… — Steven French Copy Share Image
“A brain tumor can radically change your self-identity. Even if your tumor is removed and you are doing well, you may continue… — Peter Black Copy Share Image