Quotes About Identity

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtles, and of a rabbit, rabbits.

It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Do your thing & I shall know you.

An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.... One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

As to what are called the masses, and common men—there are no common men. All men are at last of a size.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Far or forgot to me is nearShadow and sunlight are the sameThe vanished gods to me appearAnd one to me are shame and fame.They reckon ill who leave me outWhen me they fly, I am the wingsI am the doubter and the doubt,And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.

The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression.

We know better than we do. We do not yet possess ourselves.

What you are shouts so loud in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

You must pay for conformity. All goes well as long as you run with conformists. But you, who are honest men in other particulars, know that there is alive somewhere a man whose honesty reaches to this point also, that he shall not kneel to false gods, and, on the day when you meet him, you sink into the class of counterfeits.

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.

In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.

Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.

The game is not about becoming somebody, it's about becoming nobody.

Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.

A identidade se define por aquilo que diz respeito a todos e pertence a todos, o que implica essa relação de "ser o mesmo" e de manter o reconhecimento através do tempo, apesar da alteração das variáveis.

If you happen to be born into an Indian family, an Indian family from the Caribbean, migratory, never certain of the terrain, that's how life falls down around you. It's close and thick and sheltering, its ugly and violent secrets locked inside the family walls. The outside encroaches, but the ramparts are strong, and once you leave it you have no shelter and no ready skills for finding a different one. I found that out after years of trying.

member from the United Provinces, Begum Aizaz Rasul

The plural, inclusive, idea of India has three enemies. The best known is the notion of a Hindu Rashtra, as represented in an erratic fashion by the Bharatiya Janata Party and in a more resolute (or more bigoted) manner by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the Bajrang Dal and other associated organisations.

To ask us to serve the nation is to ask chandan [sandalwood] to be fragrant.