Quotes About Authenticity

It is surely very ironic and tragic if those who speak most loudly about the gifts of the Spirit are themselves failing to show much of the fruit of the Spirit.

If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. —Gnostic Gospel of St. Thomas

Ultrarunners had no reason to cheat, because they had nothing to gain: no fame, no wealth, no medals. No one knew who they were, or cared who won their strange rambles through the woods.

You can pretend to admire, but, unless you are a superb actress, you can't pretend to laugh. Laughter is genuine or else it is just a noise.

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It's like falling in love.

Suppose someone tried to write your biography. What nonsense! How much would he know? Would he know what you thought when you looked in the subway slot-machine? How brutally you spoke when you were angry? How Nature rode you with a busy spur? How you fell on your knees late at night?

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

There's no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it.

From C. R. Rogers's (1961) perspective, the problems of inauthenticity arise not because a person hides his real emotional reactions from others (as may sometimes be appropriate) but because he hides them from himself.

If you think the goal of life is to impress someone with your possessions or looks or intelligence or... then you are not living - - you are a circus act.

It is a very strong rule in drama, and in life, that people remain true to their basic natures. They change, and their change is essential for drama, but typically they only change a little, taking a single step towards integrating a forgotten or rejected quality into their natures.

I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within.

Well, I don't particularly like game shows. I mean, I think I did them well. I could do them, but it didn't mean I really liked them. I never watched any of the game shows that were on television at the time, like The Price Is Right, To Tell The Truth, all those shows. I think that also probably gave me an edge, because I never really copied much of what they did. I liked my shows--they made me laugh--but I didn't like anybody else's.

Costumes. The clothes we wear over who we really are. Or really want to be

Being interesting has been replaced by being identifiable.

I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they're all so envious of it.

I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.

You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

Honest is how I want to look. The truth doesn't glitter and shine.

I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist.

You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else.

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world.