Quotes About Authenticity

We like to think we're pretty special, and, OK, in some respects maybe we are. And we like to think that we design for ourselves. And we do, we really do. But in the important ways we are really very much like a lot of other people. And if you are going to design for yourself, then you have to make sure you design deeply for yourself, because otherwise you are just designing for your eccentricities and that can never be satisfying to anyone else.

But when we recognize that these are not really what we desire, our goal becomes not to suppress desire but to identify the true want or need, and to fulfill it. That is no trivial task; it is a profound path of self-realization.

Almost any time someone gets an exciting creative idea, the thought, "How can we make money from this?" follows close behind. But when profit becomes the aim, and not a mere side effect, of artistic creation, the creation ceases to be art, and we become sellouts.

The things we need the most are the things we have become most afraid of, such as adventure, intimacy, and authentic communication.

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

Pride entices us to favor people who build up our egos. Everyone wants to feel accepted and loved. The best way to rid your life of pride is to surround yourself with people who care for you for the right reasons and not just to stroke your ego. Pride is

STYLE IS NOT HOW YOU WRITE IT IS HOW YOUDO NOT WRITE LIKE ANYONE ELSE

When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it, he keeps a very small stock of it within

I'm not a joke machine. You can't just feed crap in and get funny out.

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox.

Live truth instead of professing it.

Do not repeat anything you will not sign your name to.

No one of good character leaves behind a wasted life — whether they die in obscurity or renown.... Your character is what you are to yourself, not what you pretend to be to yourself or others. Although human beings often attempt self-delusion, we cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves. It will make itself known to us by means of our conscience despite our most strenuous effort to suppress it.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Life can be easy, it is only question of choosing between solutions and illusions.

Don't fake-live. Don't zombie-out as life goes by. Actually live!

Love is when you can be your true self with someone, and you only want to be your true self because of them.

Meditation is to know oneself as one is. It is see our real face with out any mask.

Pen names are masks that allow us to unmask ourselves.

Pseudonym: writing under a false name so that one may write more truly.

I have never seen a wildflower in all its beauty be ashamed of where it grows.

Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.