William James Quotes

No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.

Do stuff that is true to your own experiences.

Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are.

After all, what is your personal identity? It is what you really are, your real self. None of us is what he thinks he is, or what other people think he is, still less what his passport says he is. And it is fortunate for most of us that we are mistaken. We do not generally know what is good for us. That is because, in St. Bernard's language, our true personality has been concealed under the 'disguise' of a false self, the ego, whom we tend to worship in place of God.

Be who you are, nothing more... nothing less.

I can only be who I am.

I can't not be who I am.

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

I've always tried to stay true to my authentic self.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

I've always done things that were true to me.

Beauty is the idea of who you truly are.

Because I get my hair styled in so many different ways, when I get the chance to be natural and just me as a person and not an actress, I like to have a stable, consistent look that reminds me that I'm me.

Your self is sacred; be true to it.

But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even the one your parents gave you. You know who you really are. When you're alone at night, looking up at the stars, or maybe lying in your bed in total darkness, you know that nameless person inside you...Your muscles will toughen. So will your heart and soul. That's necessary for survival. But don't lose touch with that person deep inside you, or else you won't really have survived at all.

The journal and Gansey were clearly long acquainted, and he wanted her to know. This is me. The real me.

[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.

The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.

When you look in the mirror what do you see? Do you see the real you, or what you have been conditioned to believe is you?

And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.

The secret is to have a sense of yourself, your real self, your unique self. And not just once in a while, or once a day, but all through the day, the week and life.

You always have to stay true to yourself.

The real self is who you are when you're at home, when you're comfortable, and the false self is what you're pretending - and the reason you pretend is because you want to create a character for the surroundings you're within.

That's the way I feel, at least: like there's a real me and a reflection of me, and I have no way of telling which is which.

Without being and remaining oneself, there is no love.