Meredith Monk Quotes

Your real feelings are inside you.

There's got to be a voice deep within you that is untouched by definitions. And it is there that you become divinely who you are.

Truly know thyself, and to thine own self be true.

You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

I think you find universal truth when you get really honest with yourself and you can reach people. If you go deep enough, you have that core feeling, and that feeling can transcend the details of your experience.

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

The best writing really does come from the deepest, most private part of you.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.

You can fool a lot of yourself but you can't fool the soul.

Do stuff that is true to your own experiences.

However, I've learned in my life that life is about living authentically. And for me, the best moments as I look back in my life, that I became the best versions of Jeannie that I'm proud of, was when I was honest with myself.

When human beings distance themselves from their own inner truth and the truth around them, we can't see ourselves in our true light and that is to our detriment.

To be true to oneself is the hardest test of life.

I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself.

If you are really true to yourself and really follow your intuition in the most rigorous way, there is a moment that becomes universal, that reaches everybody. That’s the real magic of Björk-she teaches us the courage to be ourselves.

What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

I look for characters that speak to something in me.

Having grown up so familiar with creating a pleasing facade, I now end up compelled to reveal things inside and say, 'Okay, now you really see me. Do you still love me?' And then it's never enough; it always has to be total self-revelation.

The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life.

My only ambition is to be true every moment I am living.

You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.