Quotes About Authenticity

It is precisely the most subjective ideas which, being closest to nature and to the living being, deserve to be called the truest.

To the extent that a man is untrue to the law of his being and does not rise to personality, he has failed to realize his life's meaning. Fortunately

If you fulfill the pattern that is peculiar to yourself, you have loved yourself, you have accumulated and have abundance; you bestow virtue then because you have luster.

One cannot individuate as long as one is playing a role to oneself; the convictions one has about oneself are the most subtle form of persona and the most subtle obstacle against any true individuation. One can admit practically anything, yet somewhere one retains the idea that one is nevertheless so-and-so, and this is always a sort of final argument which counts apparently as a plus; yet it functions as an influence against true individuation.

Let us therefore verify what we have said above concerning the truth, beginning with ourselves.

It seems to be a sin in the eyes of nature to hide our insufficiency—just as much as to live entirely on our inferior side.

Individuation means becoming a single, homogeneous being, and, in so far as 'individuality' embraces our innermost, last, and incomparable uniqueness, it also implies becoming one's own self. We could therefore translate individuation as… 'self-realization.

for he was obviously and unself-consciously the person he had always been.

Quien ha nacido y venido a este mundo para conocer la verdad, no puede perseverar en la ignorancia, el impulso es real en él, es indómito y rebelde. Sufre enórmemente bajo el peso y dominio de la falsedad, la calumnia, el engaño, la muerte continua; está sediento de libertad, de justicia, de vida real y de verdad

When a man can say of his states and actions, 'As I am, so I act,' he can be at one with himself, even though it be difficult, and he can accept responsibility for himself even though he struggle against it.

to profane those inexpressible feelings with stale sentimentalities.

No sabes aún que el camino hacia la verdad sólo está abierto para el que carece de intenciones?

What a terrifying thing it is to be yourself

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

Emily swore and he was impressed; he'd never thought to string cocksuckingsonofabitch together in one sentence. He couldn't help himself; the snort of laughter escaped before he could hold it in.

too much honesty.

Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field." — Peter Adams

We must play from the soul, not like trained birds.

When one lived a life that was, essentially, a lie, appearances were everything.

I admire you. You have learned to rise with the wind, rather than fight it. Too many people struggle to become what is expected of them, when, as we both know, what is expected of us is rarely what we desire.

Cada um sabe a dor e a delícia de ser o que é...

De perto, ninguém é normal.

Meditarias: as pessoas falam coisas, e por trás do que falam há o que sentem, e por trás do que sentem há o que são e nem sempre se mostra. Há os níveis não formulados, camadas imperceptíveis, fantasias que nem sempre controlamos, expectativas que quase nunca se cumprem e sobretudo como dizias, emoções.

A dor é a única emoção que não usa máscara.