Authentic self Quote by Carolyn Jessop

“Who I am depends not only on what I believe but on the beliefs embedded in the practices of the various communities to which…

— Terry Nardin

One person's cult is another person's spiritual organization.

— Frederick Lenz

Cult: simply an extension of the idea that everyone's supreme aim in life is self- fulfillment and happiness and that one is entitled to…

— Stephen Spender

So many people have asked me if I am in a cult. I'm not in a cult.

— Poppy

One person's religion is another person's cult.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

If you want to fight a cult, you've got to form a cult.

— Steve Almond

“Anyone who has truly practiced a religion knows very well that it is [the set of regularly repeated actions that make up the cult]…

— Émile Durkheim

All cult leaders are very good at supplying people with what they want and are missing in their lives, so they feel loved and…

— James Purefoy

“People desperate for belonging and validation become prime targets for cults. Don’t show recruiters your low self-worth. Protect your neck by knowing your own…

— Vennie Kocsis

“Our personal identities are socially situated. We are where we live, eat, work, and make love. [...] Our sense of identity is in large…

— Philip G. Zimbardo

“Truly being authentic is knowing what matters to you, on the deepest level of who you are, and committing always to act from that…

— Richie Norton

“The cult of individuals is always, in my view, unjustified. To be sure, nature distributes her gifts unevenly among her children. But there are…

— Albert Einstein