Quotes About Authenticity

If you have to go through life being unhappy to conform to society around you, that's not a very good deal.

People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.

Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated.

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.

Satire exists for the purpose of killing the social being [for the sake of] the true individual, the real human being.

The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.

People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.

The only unique contribution you can offer the world is to be who you actually are and no one else.

I hate the idea that I have to represent any particular section of society; I just write good telly, that's all.

As soon as you are in a social setting, you better take away the key to the lock of your heart and pocket it; those who leave thekey in the lock are fools.

Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar?

If someone isn't what others want them to be, the other become angry.

Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.

Society destroys your individuality, your soul.

What a sad thing I thought-- to live in a world so concerned with the lives of others, we forget to live our own.

For me, I try and be authentic in my choices and follow my instincts, and I think it's a valuable message for women in today's society to learn to love yourself.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

Understand the place of love in a spiritual life. A powerful and blissful type of love has no conditions, no ownership and no people involved. Be free from fear. Be who you are. That is love.

If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not care anymore about doing that certain thing.

You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.

Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake.

Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.