Self Identity Quotes

31 quotes by 28 authors

What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself. — Benjamin Franklin
An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. — James A. Baldwin
If I lost control of the business I'd lose myself-or at least the ability to be myself. Owning myself is a way to be myself. — Oprah Winfrey
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in the… — Joan Halifax
As Hubert Benoit said, it is not the identification with the ego that is the problem, but the exclusive nature of the identification. When our… — Ken Wilber
Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it. — David Quammen
And yes, there definitely are many good desires. For example, without the desire for food we would not stay alive. It is when our desire… — Don Altman
Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves. — Luigi Pirandello
I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the TV,… — Aloe Blacc
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, organised in some… — Anthony Giddens
The body is an object in which we are all privileged, or doomed, to dwell, the source of feelings of well-being and pleasure, but also… — Anthony Giddens
Lifestyles are routined practices, the routines incorporated into habits of dress, eating, modes of acting and favoured milieux for encountering others; but the routines followed… — Anthony Giddens
[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. (...) In cultivated risk-taking,… — Anthony Giddens
We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves. — Andre Gide
I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you? — Mary Pipher
The oneness of the universe, and the oneness of each element of the universe, repeat themselves to the crack of doom in the creative advance… — Alfred North Whitehead
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
The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves… — Erwin McManus

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