Quotes About Authenticity

Your character and thoughts describe you precisely; thus, there is no escape.

Your notability and reality, do not depend on the psychos of the Wikipedia; I assure you, social media is more reliable than the Wikipedia "Psychopedia.

She needed intimacy and a sense of partaking in, not just observing, real life.

Kiki don't get too hung up on appearances, it's your heart that's important

I've come to believe that everyone has some type of magic inside them. If a person can find their magic and lovingly cultivate it, they'll truly feel alive every day. There is magic inside each and every one of you, too— I believe that.

Max had never been pure and shining, enthroned on an altar in her heart, an icon. No, he was something that was lived in. Like a house full of nicks and jumble and worn chair arms, and more wonderful than any immaculate palace.

If there is something I will always carry in my heart it is this earnest unwillingness to be part of the bunch

You can't force a story that doesn't want to be told. It was that kind of year.

When you're raw you don't want people studying your reactions, even if you've convinced yourself you're just fine. Maybe especially then.

When you slice the truth too thin, you deceive.

She wasn't entertainment for him. He didn't need her to make him laugh or bolster his ego or to figure him out so he wouldn't have to. A lot of men who said they were looking for a relationship really wanted a combination sex buddy, therapist, and mirror.

Guð einn veit, hverju fólki datt í hug að ljúga upp á mig," segir Jörgen, alltaf jafn viss í eigin sök og tilbúinn að skilja sjálfan sig. Enginn skildi Jörgen Jörgensen betur en hann sjálfur.

The sugar was back in Lila Ann Price's voice, but it sounded a little bit like artificial sweetener.

I'm a real phony, one of those half-baked hot-house plants we're growing nowadays, instead of the honest-to-God two-fisted women we should be...

Being so eager to please, we're not easy to liberate. We're too aware of what others need.

A real man or woman is whatever any man or woman is at those times when he or she is living authentically, in accord with his or her true self and temperament. There is no truer definition of your gender than you.

Do not overschedule yourself. Allow time to think, to daydream. 6. Keep your expectations realistic. 7. Do not hide your abilities. 8. Be your own advocate. Support your right to be yourself. 9. Accept it when you have narrow interests. Or broad ones.

So you're in good company. Ignore the barbs about "lightening up." Enjoy the levity of others and allow yourself your own specialty. If you are not good at chitchat, be proud of your silence. Equally important, when your mood changes and your extraverted self appears, let it be as clumsy or silly as it needs to be. We are all awkward doing our nonspecialty. You possess one piece of the "good." It would only be arrogance to think any of us should have it all.

Others knew they were different, but hid it and adapted, acting like the non-sensitive majority.

It was as if [highly sensitive subjects] found it natural to look beyond their cultural expectations to how things "really are.

shy, weak, or that greatest sin of all, unsociable. Fearing these labels, we try to be like others. But that leads to our becoming overaroused and distressed.

Whatever advice you read or hear, remember that you do not have to accept how the extraverted three-quarters of the population defines social skills—working the room, always having a good comeback, never allowing "awkward" silences. You have your own skills—talking seriously, listening well, allowing silences in which deeper thoughts can develop.

The idea of a persona goes against North American culture's admiration of openness and authenticity. Europeans have a far better grasp of the value of not saying everything that one is thinking. Yet

The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.