Authenticity Quotes

"The more you struggle to live the less you live Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing Instead surrender to what is real within you for that alone is sure You are above everything distressing" "Be yourself - not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be " "Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so " "If you really do want to be an authentic, liberated individual, don't do any copying except of old masters. Otherwise, you're probably better off just staying at home." "You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter" "Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true" "When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it" "I don't really care so much what people say about me because it usually is a reflection of who they are" "Cool means being able to hang with yourself. All you have to ask yourself is Is there anybody I'm afraid of Is there anybody who if I walked into a room and saw I'd get nervous I don't think so" "Another world lies beyond the world of money and power. It's on the other side of that thin membrane, and it's more real than all the stuff we see on the news." "You are you That is truer than true There is no one alive who is you-er than you" "Our job is not to be perfect; our job is to be human" "I've always told myself to live like the original me, and not like a made-up character." "I don't think people listen to my stuff. They just listen to the bullshit." "Learn to express, not to impress" "Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when everyone has to throw off his mask? Do you believe that life will always allow itself to be trifled with?" "When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write a brave new ending" "Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness" "I'm as real as they come, I follow the rules" "Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others"