J. D. Salinger Quotes

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

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

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

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

Never think you can separate who you are from what you're doing.

When you know your not going to die, you have to ask yourself... What's the highest and best use for myself.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

To me, the most interesting part of 'True Blood' is that the entire crux of the show is based on identity and finding your true identity.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned to the athlete I once was. I'm integrating all the parts of me - jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher - and becoming stronger as a result.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to be.

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality.

I would say that I'm finding my voice in more ways than one.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

It is when I am working that the real me comes out - that is when I am the most real and honest.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.

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