Edgar Cayce Quotes

I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.

I want to be defined by my own essence.

I am my own person with my own experiences, personality, and definition of success.

Nobody else can tell you what you are.

Maybe the idea of me is more powerful than I perceive myself being.

The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

Identity is this incredible invisible force that controls your whole life. It's invisible, like gravity is invisible, but it controls your whole life.

The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.

Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are.

I have no doubt who I am.

You can feel I am whatever you want to feel I am. God knows who I am, and I know who I am.

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.

I am definitely an individual.

Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am.

I'm just like you, only I'm different because I'm me.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of their own imagination.