The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity. – Tony Robbins
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. – Samuel Johnson
To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up. – Oscar Wilde
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. – Johann von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774
When one is pretending the entire body revolts. – Anaïs Nin
It is not only possible to be the person you pretend to be, but there is less effort involved. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
We are betrayed by what is false within. – George Meredith
No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. – Oscar Wilde
My mom always said I liked to stir the pot with a glittering spoon. – Kris Carr
No creature is fully itself till it is, like the dandelion, opened in the bloom of pure relationship to the sun, the entire living cosmos. – D.H. Lawrence
Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do. – Eric Hoffer
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. – Desiderius Erasmus
Like the sky opens after a rainy day we must open to ourselves…. Learn to love yourself for who you are and open so the world can see you shine. – James Poland
Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. – Julius Charles Hare
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. – Jim Morrison
Be open. And then the truth follows. – Gangaji
What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly. – Carl Rogers
He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth among old things. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”
