Quotes About Authenticity

When I'm long dead and gone, people will be falsely attributing made-up quotes to me on internet pages and memes.

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself, and the more he tries to conceal himself the more clearly will his character appear in spite of him.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.

your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life .... And, most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition." These

None can be pleased without praise, and few can be praised without falsehood.

It is indeed not easy to distinguish affectation from habit; he that has once studiously developed a style, rarely writes afterwards with complete ease

Affectation naturally counterfeits those excellences which are placed at the greatest distance from possibility of attainment, because, knowing our own defects, we eagerly endeavor to supply them with artificial excellence

Don't attitudenize.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep.

No man was ever great by imitation.

Round numbers are always false.

My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant [excessive thought]. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are bad times; it is a melancholy thing to be reserved to such times." You don't mind the times ... You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society; but don't think foolishly.

The difference between truth and fiction is that the latter must always be credible in order to work.

You do not need an identity to become yourself; you need an identity to become -like- someone else.

The main source of illness in this world is the doctor's own illness: his compulsion to try to cure and his fraudulent belief that he can.

This might have been the only thing that could have awakened you. Your whole life has been a growing from the outside, mastering the challenges that others have set for you. Now, finally, you might just be growing from inside yourself.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, form our true honor.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.

Be true. Be vulnerable. Be passionate. Be endlessly fascinating. Be endlessly fascinated. Life is beautiful, all experiences are precious. Hold every moment close and dear.

True joy comes from operating with Inner-directedness and recognizing who you are.

If you know people who seem to be very wise and yet put others down, reject friends, and make people feel bad about themselves — no matter how high their words or what they teach — you can rest assured they do not love themselves.