Quotes About Authenticity

A woman's sexuality depends on her authenticity and self-nurturance," she writes. Yet marriage and motherhood demand a level of selflessness that is at odds with the inherent selfishness of desire.

She says, "I am so sick of the excuses

A Truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the Lies you can invent. —William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence

VarrónÅ' lányaként nÅ'ttem fel, és gyakran érzem úgy, hogy a munkám egy ruhapróbához hasonlít. Nem kísérletezem azzal, hogy mindenkire ugyanazt a ruhát adjam.

Being wrapped in duplicities can be isolating, and with the accumulation of time, can lead to corrosive shame and self-loathing.

Remember, a friend does not need you to impress him. A friend loves you because you are true to yourself, not because you agree with him. Beware of grand gestures; the real mettle of friendship is forged in life's daily workings.

Pride. Never pretend you are not a knight of attempt to diminish yourself because you deem it will make others more comfortable. We show others the most respect by offering the best of ourselves.

We passed gas stations and chain food restaurants, with their billboards advertising happiness. I know the images in magazines and on TV aren't true representations of the world; I mean, that's obvious. But I still get this sinking feeling of disappointment, as if it is the world I should see.

Non c'è niente di male nell'essere arrabbiato: nessuno te lo proibisce. Ma ti ci vuole una quantità tremenda di energia per continuare a fare finta di non esserlo.

Per un breve periodo si può far finta di non sapere la verità. È come trattenere il respiro. Ma alla fine bisogna riprendere aria. Più in profondità si seppellisce una bugia, più forte è la pressione quando esplode.

Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don't make ripples all around you, don't try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.

I don't want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to fulfill its promise.

Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.

Since we must and do write each our own way, we may during actual writing get more lasting instruction not from another's work, whatever its blessings, however better it is than ours, but from our own poor scratched-over pages. For these we can hold up to life. That is, we are born with a mind and heart to hold each page up to, and to ask: is it valid?

To write honestly and with all our powers is the least we can do, and the most.

Told him I was one-sided. Bigger on one side than the other, which is a deliberate, calculated falsehood: I'm the same.

POMPIERUL: Hai s? v? zic alta. CocoÅŸul. "într-o bun? zi, un cocoÅŸ a vrut s? fac? pe câinele. Numai c? n-a avut noroc, a fost imediat recunoscut. DOAMNA SMITH: Da, dar câinele care a vrut s? fac? pe cocoÅŸul n-a fost recunoscut niciodat?.

Deocamdat?, nu avem decât siguranÈ›a unei autenticit??i; aceea a inautenticit??ii noastre. A fi autentic înseamn? a te tr?da fa?? de o sum? infinit? de tr?iri posibile.

People need to feel safe to be who they are—to speak up when they have an idea, or to speak out when they feel something isn't right.

Funny how people don't really see each other. Men and women. They invent each other in their minds and then they see what they invent.They don't really see each other. Now she was in love with him and she didn't even know his real name, didn't know anything real about him.

When you make sense, you say what you believe and therefore mean what you say and therefore act in accordance with it and therefore you are who you seem to be.

I guess you don't always have to be a nice guy to be a good man.

In literature, as in love, one can only speak for himself.

I think if there's any difference between me and a traditional CEO, it's that I've been unwilling to change myself or shape my personality around what's expected.