Quotes About Self-discovery

I didn't really care about the entertainment industry. That wasn't my life.

I've only been in one relationship in my entire life so far. When that ended, I decided being with someone is not for me. I like my own company the best.

I haven't felt anchored my entire life. But I kind of like it.

It used to be that I'd do drag, then get out of drag, and try and be as much of a boy as possible. That didn't feel entirely authentic for me, but it felt like what I had to do at the time.

I always yearned to explore the entrepreneur in me.

I ended up having an epiphany that no body of work I put out will ever mean as much to me as '3:33 AM.'

I used music and reading to erase my world, so basically I read for up to 16 hours a day for 23 years.

You can't escape from yourself, can you?

All of my characters, I feel, have some essence of who I am in them.

I think I've established my own identity here at Brandeis.

I listen a lot. I think people have their own answers, and if you just listen to someone and agree with them, eventually they'll work it out for themselves.

Who am I who sits here? What is it that I want?

Who am I? is not a question about your job or bank balance. Don't be satisfied with rational or formal answers. Ask yourself seriously and honestly, again and again, and, sooner or later, you'll hear the voice of your soul. The true answer will come to you, breaking through the thick curtain of your ego, which is made up of your name, job, personality, and similar things.

Connecting with myself is more important than anything else!" If this is how you feel, you're already starting to commune with yourself. Consider that attitude precious. And go within yourself; everything begins with you.

Even if certain suffering is in the future, you have to take the path that your real True Self wants. Until you take that path, your soul will feel its thirst forever.

Limitations are possibilities . . . Opportunities to perceive ourselves Beyond our present selves . . .

We are able to find true strength and rest only inside of ourselves. Our very body is a sanctuary and a generator of energy. When things are hard and confusing, go inside. the place can provide you with prefect rest.

When we hear our inner voice and follow it, we can walk our own path.

By becoming awakened to what is boundless and unchanging, I found that changes became more natural and easier to produce. Realizing that I was timeless and changeless gave me a place to stand and a kind of leverage.

To live a truly spiritual life, you need to take time at least once a day to bring your vision inward, to connect with your true self, your attention having been focused outside all day.

Who are you? Who do you wish to be?Why do you live? Why do you want to live? The answers to these questions are all yours to make.

As long as I can find hope in myself, there is hope for the future of the earth and the human race. If I fail to discover hope in myself, there is no hope for the earth or the human race. If I discover the goodness of human nature in myself, I can find it in the entire human race. If I fail to discover it in myself, I can't expect it from anyone else, either.

You will be able to live as your authentic self when you find that infinite source of energy and that mind, bright and shining like the sun. Then you won't need to become anyone other than yourself. You won't need to depend on externals for your health and happiness, and you won't need to look outside yourself to find passion and hope for life.

Believe in the life inside you, believe in the great and holy mind within you, and push forward with the dream you have chosen until you make it.