Benjamin Hoff Quotes

Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job, the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.

Inner Nature, when relied on, cannot be fooled. But many people do not look at it or listen to it, and consequently do not understand themselves very much. Having little understanding of themselves, they have little respect for themselves, and are therefore easily influenced by others.

Maybe knowing where you belong is not equal to knowing who you are.

I have no issues with my identity.

It's a very big deal to me to remain the same person because I know all of this is going to be gone one day and I'm just going to have myself.

It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

You're an island no matter what you do. I think it's very dangerous to use popularity as your identity in life. So you have to really know who you are inside, the core person, and follow what is true rather than follow what is hype.

Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.

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

I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.

I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that's always existed.

I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

I've fully embraced who I am. I stopped fighting with people and just come to realize, 'This is me. This is all of me.'

I know the person I am, and I know the person I can be.

It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.

I'm not what I make.

Everyone thinks you have to grow up to know who you are, but kids already know who we are. The world just beats it out of us.

I don't think anyone really knows me.

Life's harsh. You can't escape what you are and what you project.

Once you really know yourself, can't nobody tell you nothing about you.