Quotes about Authenticity

For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.

Allowing the truth of who you are-your spiritual self-to rule your life means you stop the struggle and learn to move with the flow of your life.

That religion which costs a man nothing is usually worth nothing.

If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts.

The details are the life of it, I insist, say everything on your mind, don't hold back, don't analyze or anything as you go along, say it out.

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 your intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Our greatest power doesn't always emerge from our experiences, not even from our most intense ones. There's incredible hidden treasure locked up in your instincts that may not always show on your résumé. If you can spend some time with yourself, you may be on the verge of the most powerful part of your life, discovering what's inside that your instincts want to express outside. Think about what you gravitate toward when given time to relax and recharge.

Often after years of deep investment into others we are shocked and disappointed that they simply didn't get who we really are.

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.

It's miserable living someone else's life, and it is downright suffocating to live beneath your potential.

Our instincts may have even guided us to hide parts of ourselves in order to keep them alive when we were younger.

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds.