Quotes About Identity

Our national poet WB Yeats said that every Irish writer had a decision to take: whether to express Ireland or exploit it. In his day, the choice lay between expressing the nation to itself or exploiting it for the amused condescension of a mainly overseas audience. Holding a mirror up to the people was a risky business: many, seeing an unflattering image, were inclined to smash the glass in anger.

someone who fulfils a role in society as a producer of artefacts and activities which confront death by telling us we are alive.

We need to be reminded that our value as human beings is something bestowed on us by God regardless of our marital status.

Indians!" Sitting Bull shouted. "There are no Indians left but me!

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

To some people who said they believed, religion was a word; to others, it defined who they were.

There is nothing that dictates behavior more than what we want others to think of us. When that happens, we become a reflection in our own mind of what we believe is reflected in the mind of another, neither of which has the slightest chance of being correct. Talk about dogs chasing tails.

The greatest achievement in life is to become your own best self. Nothing external can help with that.

Ketika kita balikan cara pandang kita, kenyataan pun berubah. Ternyata, pelacuran terjadi di mana-mana. Hampir semua orang melacurkan waktu, jati diri, pikiran bahkan jiwanya. Dan bagaimana kalau ternyata itulah pelacuran yang paling hina?

Satu-satunya yang tidak diajarkan kepadamu adalah mengenal diri sendiri. Karena itu, kamu benci dan takut terhadap hidup

Manusia memang seolah didesain untuk menunaikan satu misi, yakni mencari tahu asal-usul mereka, demi kembali merasakan keutuhan itu, yang niscaya akan membuat mereka berhenti merasa kecil dan teralienasi di tengah megahnya jagat raya.

Sesungguhnya Anda memang tidak perlu berusaha memiliki apa-apa. Anda adalah segalanya. Sekarang, tidakkah Anda heran dengan orang-orang yang menguras seluruh energinya untuk mempertahankan sesuatu? Mencoba memiliki apa yang sebenarnya sudah milik mereka? Justru ketika Anda melepaskan keterikatan pada sesuatu, Anda semakin dekat dengan keutuhan.

Letting go of "stuff" allowed the world to collapse behind me as I moved, so I became nothing more or less than who I simply was: Me.

I didn't recognize you with your clothes on." Tugging the rim of his hat, he winked. "Wish I could say the same, ma'am." Red rushed into her cheeks. Die and be blamed, but he liked to see her blush.

He shook his head. "What?" she whispered, looking on the program to see what had caused his consternation. He pointed to her name. "Never in all my days have I seen a girl with so many boy names." She glanced at the neatly typeset Dr. Billy Jack Scott and smiled.

Being a Man and a Hero , both are totally different. Being both of this in one personality is miracle and unbelievable .

The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

Each of us is here to discover our true selves; that essentially we are spiritual beings who have taken manifestation in physical form; that we're not human beings that have occasional spiritual experiences, that we're spiritual beings that have occasional human experiences

Don't let a day go by without asking who you are…each time you let a new ingredient to enter your awareness.

Never forget your real identity. You are a luminous conscious stardust being forged in the crucible of cosmic fire.

The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but actually it's the most natural way to approach any situation. When you hold some part of yourself in reserve you deny it exposure to life; you repress its energy and keep it form understanding what it needs to know.

Either you're a person wondering if you have a soul, or you're a soul who knows that being a person isn't real.

Love is not a sentiment or an emotion. It's the fact that we're all the same being in different disguises.