Uncovering True Self Quotes

Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.

In my early shows, I wanted to put myself through a new childhood, disintegrating my whole identity to let the real one emerge.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

Everything you want to be, you already are. You're simply on the path to discovering it.

We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families, our culture, our religions. It is an enormous task because the history of women has been as incompletely told as the history of blacks.

Real spiritual journey in life is the discovery of self. I think once you take all the religious bullshit away from Jesus Christ, it's saying it's about this journey of discovering who you are, and what's really important in life is simply love. That the journey of civilization, the journey of understanding, is forgiveness, is empathy. And that's what humanity is striving for.

I'm not sure if the passage of time affects our core identities so much as reveals them to us.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

Inside we are all Golden Buddha's, but we grew to believe we were made of clay. Our ego's false perceptions led us to grow into a belief system that covered our inner light. We've spent years, maybe decades, masking our truth. Now it's time to embrace our light and reconnect with our Golden Buddha within.