Quotes About Authenticity

Follow your heart. Then root its longing with the facts.

Treasure yourself for being, not doing.

If you are feeling constrained by a group that you belong to, ask yourself, "How can I participate in this community and still be who I am?

Be who you are. You may not always please but you will never go wrong.

Do your fears warn of external dangers? Or, are they the kind that keep you from becoming more of your true self?

The answer is neither job, nor paycheck; it is authentic, holistic work born from states of awareness and being. Through the coalescence of joy, wonder, enthusiasm, appreciation, experimentation, perpetual curiosity, exploring new avenues, welcoming surprise and wandering, I have begun the next leg of my journey; I have brought the spirit of the traveler home.

Experiment with grounding yourself with who you are, not what you do.

Those who walk the talk get the work.

Not only is it not our business to change others, but it's also harmful to relationships to try to do so. Ideas are just not worth the price paid in love lost. Love is more important than any conditioned idea or belief, but if you take your conditioning more seriously than love, you will lose love. The other person will withhold love from you because it will be too painful for him or her to love you.

Love is possible only when you drop all ideas and beliefs and meet another just as he or she is showing up in the moment, fresh and new.

When we relate from Essence, the dominant feeling is acceptance: You allow others to be the way they are. In fact, you celebrate how they are. This doesn't mean you might not dislike something about them, but the general feeling toward them is that everything is just right as it is.

We were never meant to be anything other than the way we are right now. True perfection is life just as it is.

Don't say yes out of obligation. When you don't feel an inner yes, say no to others' requests for your help. Reserve some of your time and energy for things you love to do.

When I'm doing a film, I love getting together after work with my costars. But we get back to L.A. and I'm like, 'I don't want to go to a club with you, dude. I mean, I think you're rad, and if you want to come play Scrabble with me, that's amazing.'

It is greater vanity to pursue things more for their reputation than for what they really are, but these kinds of men can be found in any age, men who pay more attention to appearances than realities

Find a good teacher, don't betray yourself to succeed and be a better person before being a better actor.

The sound of the human voice is the best of nature but only if it comes out from the feelings.

These days if you want to know a man's true nature you need more than a pinch of salt; you'd need seven sack-loads of the stuff.

Freedom means freedom from judgment. Freedom from that which binds and holds one back. Freedom from misconception. Freedom from anything that is not in complete resonance and harmony.

It is our birthright to live and acknowledge our specialness, our uniqueness, our contribution to life, not because we need others to recognise it, but simply because it is real.

The greatest denial of Truth is the belief that being vulnerable is dangerous.

he had finally, however briefly, faced himself and told the truth; it was a monumental effort to reach that fleeting moment when he became the man he should have been.

C'est uniquement si tu maintiens les apparences que tu peux faire ce que tu veux.

To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.