Quotes About Authenticity

I must confess, that (since I am on the subject) I love you the more in that I believe you have liked me for my own sake and for nothing else. I have met with women whom I really think would like to be married to a Poem and to be given away by a Novel.

Myrna was not astigmatic; the lenses were clear glass; she wore the glasses to prove her dedication and intensity of purpose.

people who eschew the insipid philosophy of the middle class, people who are willing to assume controversial positions, to follow their cause, however unpopular it may be, however it may threaten the smugness of the middle class.

Finny always said what he happened to be thinking, and if this stunned people then he was surprised.

Because it was what you had in your heart that counted.

Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half.

The more real you get the more unreal the world gets.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones.

I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.

Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.

They want to hold onto something they never had in the first place. Anybody who claims to have some interest in me as an individual artist or even as part of the Beatles has absolutely misunderstood everything I ever said if they can't see why I'm with Yoko. And if they can't see that, they don't see anything. They're just jacking off to - it could be anybody. Mick Jagger or somebody else. Let them go jack off to Mick Jagger, okay? I don't need it.

You're all geniuses, and you're all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace, think peace, and live peace and breathe peace, and you'll get it as soon as you like.

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

People think you want them to do something or say something special...you don't. You just want them to be themselves, so you can be yourself.

Well, I don't want to be king, I want to be real.

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything

Only the fakes survive.

It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.

Image is what people think we are; integrity is whar we really are.

Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped away.

We cannot pursue a classical and Christian education as a fad. We are not purchasing intellectual hula hoops for the kids.

I don't like mushiness. I'm a very emotional person but I hate sentimentality. I don't like great demonstrations of emotion. But as I'm getting older, I'm getting much more open about all that.

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.