Quotes About Authenticity

Reality, with all its attendant complexities--i.e., other people--was inescapable...

The introvert is pressured daily, almost from the moment of awakening, to respond and conform to the outer world.

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat any time and be yourself. —Hermann Hesse

Words for Introverts to Live By Be playful. Take breaks. Appreciate your inside world. Be authentic. Enjoy curiosity.

Stay in harmony. Revel in solitude. Be grateful. Be you. Remember, let your light shine.

Lighthouses Point the Way Home This above all: To thine own self be true… —William Shakespeare

Maybe being oneself is always an acquired taste. —Patricia Hampl S

There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say.

As I actualize, I uncover.

No purpose intervenes between I and You, no greed and no anticipation; and longing itself is changed as it plunges from the dream into appearance. Every means is an obstacle. Only where all means have disintegrated encounters occur.

The basic word I-You can only be spoken with one's whole being. The basic word I-It can never be spoken with one's whole being.

The basic word I-You can only be spoken with one's whole being.

When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?

There are three principles in a man's being and life: The principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

All actual life is encounter.

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.

Your such a cynic. Exactly, that's what you call a guy who tells you the truth.

Like a modern counterpart of a tightly-corseted Victorian, she needed to unbutton herself, learn the act of relaxation.

Advice to Young Poets Never pretend to be a unicorn by sticking a plunger on your head.

Nature's own Nobleman, friendly and frank,Is a man with his heart in his hand!