Quotes About Authenticity

Smith. Jones. Who the fuck cares? It's not your real name anyway.

I didn't know that love is not about what we do, but who we are, convincing others of our love for them...and about who loves us.

What reveals a genuine love for God is my ability to convince my family and others of my love for them.

who proved that you don't have to do what your parents want, or what your boyfriend wants, for you to be happy. You just have to be yourself, for there is no love greater than self love

Cuando la lógica que fija la forma corporal a la práctica social desaparece, cuando las narrativas de sexo, género y corporalidad se relajan y se vuelven menos fijas en relación con la verdad, la autenticidad, la originalidad y la identidad, tenemos el espacio y el tiempo para imaginarnos los cuerpos de otra manera.

The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit.

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy—material or spiritual.

We have so many ideas and beliefs about ourselves. We told ourselves story about what we want and who we are, smart or kind. Often these are the unexamined and limited ideas of others that we have internalized and then gone on to live out

No matter what the world around you wants, there is only one person you can be true to, and that is yourself.

There is a vitality, a life force that is translated through you into action. And because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost.

Through awareness of the body, we remember who we truly are.

we give so much attention to our protective layers of fear, depression, confusion, and aggression that we forget who we really are.

We have so many ideas and beliefs about ourselves. We told ourselves story about what we want and who we are, smart or kind. Often these are the unexamined and limited ideas of others that we have internalized and then gone on to life out.

There are only three kinds of people in the universe, no matter what their race or form. They are scoundrels, hypocrites, and sheep.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.

It's been said that we're all three people: the one we see ourselves as being, the one others see us as being, and the one we really are.

I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.

Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the reflection of life, is beautiful.

Don't lose youself on the way to the top.

Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.

I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean ' and stare at their mobiles.