Jon Katz Quotes

When things are not working for us, instead of fighting and struggling, we need to say, "What's happening here? How am I not being true to who I am? What is pulling me away from my purpose?"

I am never more myself than in my self-betrayals.

You're always learning about yourself, if you're honest with yourself. It's very tough to be honest with yourself. We all are dishonest with ourselves, a lot of the time. We don't want to deal with something, so we compartmentalize it.

I was naïve when I was young, I was sheltered. I had illusions about who I was going to be, delusions, and a little bit of pretentiousness. And I thought, "I'll write the guy like that. It'll allow me to make fun of everyone else if I make fun of myself."

I have to live in the truth that this is who I am. That's what I need to focus on.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.

Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

I have faced up to what I am.

At the typewriter you find out who you are.

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing

Life is about, every single day, getting up to manifest your truth.

I try and put myself in other peoples eyes, as I dont feel I've got anything new to say about myself at 23.

It's very important for people to know what gives them meaning. But it's hard for people to figure out if you're not connecting with yourself and taking the time to just be introspective and daydream.

I'm trying to know who I am and be honest about it.

I try to be honest with myself.

If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance.

I don't tell the truth any more to those who can't make use of it. I tell it mostly to myself, because it always changes me.

Start telling the truth now and never stop. Begin by telling the truth to yourself about yourself. Then tell the truth to yourself about someone else. Then tell the truth about yourself to another. Then tell the truth about another to that other. Finally, tell the truth to everyone about everything. These are the Five Levels Of Truth Telling. This is the five-fold path to freedom.

Don't kid yourself. Be honest with yourself. Take your own inventory.

Someone once said to me, 'Some of us choose to live with a lifeboat just a little bit out of our reach.' I'd like to reach a point where I no longer bullshit myself. I think that's the natural human condition - to lie to yourself. Because the truth is painful.

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

If we judge our lives by what we know or by what we say, we can easily deceive ourselves into thinking that we are something we are not; it is wiser to evaluate ourselves by the amount of truth we actually live. This is very humbling.