Quotes About Authenticity

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grownups acting like the worst kind of kids, kids acting like they knew what was going on.

Words may be false and full of art, Sighs are the natural language of the heart.

It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask.

Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

What did garden-parties and baskets and lace frocks matter to him? He was far from all those things. He was wonderful, beautiful.

It's a terrible thing to be alone -- yes it is -- it is -- but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath -- as terrible as you like -- but a mask.

The only way to truly recover from a dysfunctional childhood and create an authentic life is to face your feelings, acknowledge them, express them freely, and let them go. Feelings are a normal part of being human, and they're meant to be fully expressed.

As you begin to see yourself, your family, and the old, outmoded behavior patterns that run your life with more clarity, you're taking steps to live more deeply from your authentic self.

I encourage you to set foot on a journey to a more authentic life, the same journey I wrote about in my memoir, The Box of Daughter: Healing the Authentic Self. Sharing our stories helps us heal ourselves, and as we share, we begin to heal ourselves, and in doing so, we help to heal the world.

Denying so much repressed rage requires tremendous energy—energy that could be used to create an authentic and exciting life.

All of this makes me realize that my parents never knew me. They never really knew who I was. They only knew the picture of who I was that they'd helped me create in response to their needs. How sad it is to think that these people who knew me for 50 years, who had given me life, never really knew who I am.

You might also try making a list of your parents' values and beliefs, and follow the above procedure, making a list of your own values and beliefs to compare. If your parents valued a spotless house, do you truly value the same thing, or do you have a different value? Maybe you'd rather meet your friends and have fun, and clean once a month instead of once a week. That's perfectly fine—everyone has different values.

Seul l'homme qui s'est trouvé, l'homme qui coïncide avec lui-même, avec sa vérité intérieure, est un homme libre.

Once you start living according to other people's rules, going along with what other people think, your soul shrivels and dies.

Cuando hayas identificado ese miedo, ese miedo que es el origen de todos lo demás, entonces ya no tendrás ningún miedo y, por fin, te convertirás en ti misma.

Credo sia questo il vero amore: avere l'impressione di stare al centro della propria vita, non ai margini. Nell'angolo giusto, senza avere bisogno di sforzarsi per piacere all'altro, restare se stessi.

C'est toujours dans les yeux qu'on voit si les gents sont tristes ou heureux. le regard, on peux pas le maquiller. Luca avait les yeux tristes. Même quand il souriait.

Her feet were large, and she had a habit of whistling badly, but these things made her worthy of being loved. A goddess might be adored for a moment, but only a real person can speak forever to the rest of us.

Your behavior inside your home is the real indicator of your character. Not in the workplace, not in school. Sure, it's nice to look good when you leave your home, and make a bella figure. But in terms of your identity, the most important thing is who you are with your parents, with your children, with your cousins. Th most important thing is how you behave with he people who really matter.

You cannot do this course effectively on the level of intellect. In other words, while it's fine to read through the course before going back to actually do the practices, I can promise you authentic movement in your life only to the extent that you are willing to do the course and not just read the course.

We must remember that loneliness is not the real enemy - alienation from ourselves is. We are never lonely because we have lost contact with others. We are lonely because we have lost contact with ourselves.

All of our suffering in life is from saying we want one thing and doing another. —Debbie Ford