Quotes About Authenticity

I'm not trying to be like everybody else. I want to be Clemson, and Clemson's not for everybody.

I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.

I have to keep doing me. I have to not look at what everybody else is doing, or what everybody else thinks should be happening right now.

I've made mistakes in my life before, but I'm not that person. At the end of the day, it's not just me trying to prove I'm a perfect kid. I've made mistakes like everybody else, but I can show a different side of my personality you may not thought I had.

I just try to keep it real with myself and everybody else.

I don't really feel there's rules in my everyday wear. I kind of do whatever the hell I want to do.

Conscience is the absolute truthfulness perceived, which comes from Nothing, our true nature, and as such reflects things exactly the way they are.

We need to look carefully at what we value, what we have, and what we desire to make sure these are really important to us and represent what we truly want.

Who am I? is not a question about your job or bank balance. Don't be satisfied with rational or formal answers. Ask yourself seriously and honestly, again and again, and, sooner or later, you'll hear the voice of your soul. The true answer will come to you, breaking through the thick curtain of your ego, which is made up of your name, job, personality, and similar things.

Bird of the soul - To all the beautiful people who seek to genuinely love themselves and live the life that their souls truly want.

A peaceful life doesn't mean one that has no conflict or struggle.just quietly being alone isn't a peaceful life. There are instances when that kind of life is a dead one that's just pretending to be peaceful. A life that avoids conflict never changes.

Many people hide inside of their "not-knowing" and, afraid of taking the risk, settle for mediocrity in their life. They imitate the same safe, easy life that other people walk. They mistake that for happiness and, inside of it, look for security. However, the moment that the defensive shields we've built up come down, all truths reveal themselves and speak to us. When we hear our inner voice and follow it, we can walk our own path.

You will be able to live as your authentic self when you find that infinite source of energy and that mind, bright and shining like the sun. Then you won't need to become anyone other than yourself. You won't need to depend on externals for your health and happiness, and you won't need to look outside yourself to find passion and hope for life.

Only when you have a changeless sense of who you are,can real change take place.

First, you must remain true to your values and priorities. Never violate your personal values or principles simply in order to get money. This may involve adopting such traits as always acting with honesty, integrity, and compassion in how you make your money; not doing harm to others; and being transparent in your goals and objectives.

Honesty is proportional to clarity of soul and brightness of consciousness. Being honest allows your soul to be clear and your consciousness to be bright. Genuine honesty, therefore, is not for winning recognition from others, but for getting recognition from ourselves and for recognizing our conscience within. Honesty makes us honorable in our own eyes.

Please do not ever stop asking--no matter what. Keep bothering your brain with unwavering persistence until you find an answer. Go deeper and deeper until you meet with your absolute self, your intrinsic, unalterable true self--your changeless nature. You cannot see or touch it, but you can feel it. If you can feel it, you can utilize and live it. It's a wonderful paradox: only when you have a changeless sense of who you are, can real changes take place.

Your thoughts (brain), feelings (hearty), and actions (gut) shouldn't be separate; they should be one, and you should act with integrity. Your soul's energy is activated and grows when you are in a pure state, when your thoughts, feelings, and actions are one.

So I need the story, Jenna. I need the truth. Right, like the two are the same thing.

Neither was evil. They were both true to who they are.

May it always cost the head as long as it does not cost the heart

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

Mothers train your children to only Speak Truth

Remember this, for it is as true as true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic.