Quotes About Authenticity

One of our greatest obstacles in knowing God is our own lack of self-knowledge. So we end up wearing a mask—before God, ourselves, and other people. And we can't become self-aware if we cut off our humanity out of fear of our feelings. This fear leads to unwillingness to know ourselves as we truly are and stunts our growth in Christ.

Externally I had appeared kind, gracious, and patient, when inwardly I was nothing like that. I so wanted to present a polished image as a good Christian that I cut myself off from what was going on within myself. Unconsciously I had been thinking: I hope I am a good-enough Christian. Will this couple like us? Will they think we are okay? Will John give a good report of his visit to my pastor friend? Pretending was safer than honesty and vulnerability. The

Most Christians talk about prayer but don't pray.

God has shaped and crafted us internally—with a unique personality, thoughts, dreams, temperament, feelings, talents, gifts, and desires. He has planted "true seeds of self" inside of us. They make up the authentic "us." We are also deeply loved. We are a treasure.

Love in practice is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.

Few of us know the experience of being loved for being just who we are.

Det gælder om at blive fuldt og helt identisk med intensiteten i det udtrykskrævende liv. Alt det, der lever i os, ønsker at blive medinddraget.

If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.

Look... to go through life and call it yours - your life - you first have to get your own pain. Pain that's unique to you. You can't just dip into the common bin and say 'That's enough!'...

Du bist, was du liebst, nicht wer dich liebt. [...] Was ich damit sagen wolle? [...] Dass ein Mensch, der liebt, immer schon gewonnen hat, egal ob sich seine Liebe erfüllt oder nicht.

Qué somos, en definitiva, sin nuestras mentiras?

many such documents of the period, I can say it was written in the Latin of that period and not in more modern form.

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

If you choose a craft or hobby, then make sure it's something you really enjoy. Do it because you want to, not because others expect it of you or because it's something you once liked or because you don't want those materials you bought to go to waste. just as you should choose the life you want, it's also your choice how you spend your free time.

If a gift has come to you wrapped in obligations and tied tightly with a ribbon of guilt, then it's not really a gift at all. It's a manipulation. A gift should be something freely given that enhances your life and reminds you lovingly of the giver. If it's not, you simply should not give it a place in your home.

Oh, it might not be perfect. It might be a bit redundant, or resort to the occasional expository infodump. But even real people do that, don't they?

Am prea pu?in? via?? ca s?-mi pot îng?dui a o mânji prin compromisuri...

Nüzhet bana yalan söyledi. Dünyan?n hiç bir Nüzhet'i yalan söylememelidir.

Yoksa, hakikaten bahtiyar insan?n bahtiyar görünmek için o kadar gürültü pat?rd?ya ne ihtiyac? var?

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.

Remember my first tenet in getting dressed is how you feel in the morning. So if you're not being true blue to that, it usually shows.

Many practicing Pagans are afraid of being public, but when they see my horns it reminds them it's ok to be yourself.

There are many Christians whose salvation is genuine, but equally there are many people who claim to be "Christians" but are not actually true servants of the Lord. To be a member of this Order, you must be a genuine servant and follower of Christ.