True Self Quotes

247 quotes by 190 authors

Study nothing except in the knowledge that you already knew it. Worship nothing except in adoration of your true self. And fear nothing except in… — Clive Barker
Everybody is original, if he tells the truth, if he speaks from himself. But it must be from his *true* self and not from the… — Brenda Ueland
And he began to see the truth, that Ged had neither lost nor won but, naming the shadow of his death with his own name,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness. We encounter God… — Brennan Manning
Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. — Brennan Manning
To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is… — Thomas Merton
When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again. — Marianne Williamson
To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless. — Deepak Chopra
You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way". — Richard Bach
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To… — William Arthur Ward
The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its… — Paul Brunton
We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be… — Thomas Merton
The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within… — Aberjhani
Maybe we spend most of our decades being someone else, avoiding ourselves, maybe a man is only himself, his true self, for a few days… — Charles Yu
If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to be used we… — Elisabeth Elliot
she was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face. — Cassandra Clare
Once, when I was younger, I thought I could be someone else. I'd move to Casablanca, open a bar, and I'd meet Ingrid Bergman. Or… — Haruki Murakami
Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I… — Brennan Manning
Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice… — BrenÃ© Brown
You can put a new shirt on your back, slide a fresh chain around your neck, and accumulate all the money and power in the… — Jay-Z

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