True Selves Quotes

39 quotes by 36 authors

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to… — Dirk Benedict
It happens, I do not know how, that most of the proud never really discover their true selves. They think they have conquered their passions… — John Climacus
Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to ourselves, where we… — Sogyal Rinpoche
I was focused before - obsessed, really - with the appearance of perfection. But what did that ever bring me but pain? Pain and not… — Cheryl Rainfield
The imagination is not an escape, but a return to the richness of our true selves; a return to reality. — George MacKay
We are bemused and crazed creatures, strangers to our true selves, to one another, and to the spiritual and material world - mad, even, from… — R. D. Laing
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in… — Socrates
Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming… — Henri Nouwen
Within alpinism's narrow framework we seek transcendence and relentlessly pursue what remains hidden from us on flat ground: our true selves. — Steve House
If believers feel that their faith is trivialized and their true selves compromised by a society that will not give religious imperatives special weight, their… — Ellen Willis
Avatars are a way to express our true selves, our most heroic, idealized version of who we might become. — Jane McGonigal
Sometimes wearing a mask is the best way to show our true selves. — Lisa Mangum
When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God… — Francis Chan
When we do align with it, we thrive. And when we do not, we suffer. This is not "punishment." It is merely the Law of… — Marianne Williamson
Hiddenness is the place of purification. In hiddenness we find our true selves. — Henri Nouwen
For many, 'desire' is a bad word, something we're supposed to 'give up for God.' That kind of thinking can be really destructive because it… — Rob Bell
Ultimately the body will rebel. Even if it can be temporarily pacified with the help of drugs, cigarettes or medicine, it usually has the last… — Alice Miller
I believe one of our souls' major purposes is to know, love, and express our authentic selves. To live the life and be the person… — Sue Thoele
Demons frighten us because we set ourselves up to be frightened. We are overly attached to our reputations and possessions. When we love and desire… — Teresa Giudice
People will always show their true selves in the end. — Leona Lewis

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