Who We Are Quotes - Page 36

• In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It is our capacity to relax with not knowing, not figuring everything out, with not being at all sure who we are, or who anyone else is, either.

  Pema Chodron

  Wisdom, Buddhist, Humor

  Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.26, Shambhala Publications

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• We are born with only one obligation - to be completely who we are.

  Mark Nepo

  Born, Obligation

  Mark Nepo (2011). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)”, p.11, Conari Press

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• God does not live in a perpetual state of disappointment over who we are.

  Stasi Eldredge

  Disappointment, Doe, States

  Stasi Eldredge (2014). “Free to Be Me: Becoming the Young Woman God Created You to Be”, p.23, David C Cook

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• Awakening and owning the dreams that God has placed in our hearts isn't about getting stuff or attaining something. It's about embracing who we are and who he has created us to be. In him. He is our dream come true, and the one true love of our life. But we can't love him with our whole hearts when our hearts are asleep. To love Jesus means to risk coming awake, to risk wanting and desiring.

  Stasi Eldredge

  Dream, Jesus, Heart

  Stasi Eldredge (2016). “Beautiful Now: 90 Days of Experiencing God's Dreams for You”, p.70, David C Cook

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• The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at some level, indefensible.

  Walter Kirn

  Levels, Lines, Virtue

  Walter Kirn (2002). “Up in the Air: A Novel”, p.43, Anchor

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• Where we are is vital to who we are.

  Eric Weiner

  "Eric Weiner travels the world to follow 'Geography of Bliss'" by Karla Starr, www.sfgate.com. January 20, 2008.

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• Money is like a mirror to our culture. What we see tells us who we are.

  Jacob Needleman

  Mirrors, Culture

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• At its fundamentally flawed core, the aim of almost any learning program is to help us become who we are not.

  Tom Rath

  Helping, Program, Aim

  "StrengthsFinder 2.0". Book by Tom Rath, 2007.

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• Today, our sexuality is an open-ended personal project; it is part of who we are, an identity, and no longer merely something we do.

  Esther Perel

  Identity, Today, Sexuality

  Esther Perel (2009). “Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• We're all born with an ego - it's a natural part of who we are here. We're only completely without it in death. Fighting against this during life only creates more self-judgment. Plus, only when we love our ego unconditionally are we able to accept everyone else's. This is when it stops being an issue, and your humility and magnificence really shine through.

  Anita Moorjani

  Humility, Fighting, Self

  "Dying To Be Me". Book by Anita Moorjani, 2012.

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• The great loneliness- like the loneliness a caterpillar endures when she wraps herself in a silky shroud and begins the long transformation from chrysalis to butterfly. It seems we too must go through such a time, when life as we have known it is over- when being a caterpillar feels somehow false and yet we don’t know who we are supposed to become. All we know is that something bigger is calling us to change. And though we must make the journey alone, and even if suffering is our only companion, soon enough we will become a butterfly, soon enough we will taste the rapture of being alive.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Life, Change, Loneliness

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• What is the purpose of memory? Is it a trick to make sure we don't forget who we are by reminding us of who we were?

  Alice Steinbach

  Memories, Purpose, Forget

  Alice Steinbach (2010). “Educating Alice”, p.147, Random House

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• When we dance we touch the essence of who we are and experience the unity between spirit and matter.

  Angeles Arrien

  Essence, Unity, Matter

  Angeles Arrien (1993). “The four-fold way”

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• At every stage of life, our inner self requires the nurturance of loving people attuned to our feelings and responsive to our needs who can foster our inner resources of personal power, lovability, and serenity. Those who love us understand us and are available to us with an attention, appreciation, acceptance, and affection we can feel. They make room for us to be who we are.

  David Richo

  Appreciation, Acceptance, Self

  David Richo (2002). “How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving”, p.12, Shambhala Publications

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• We're all who we are endlessly.

  Marlena De Blasi

  Marlena de Blasi (2008). “That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story”, p.265, Ballantine Books

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• We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me - wailing police sirens and street parties, rumors and landlords, that cultural, spiritual scene. And Ossie came up from the South, where struggle and dying were part of everyday life. That is who we are.

  Ruby Dee

  Spiritual, Party, Struggle

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• And the bottom line is we are who we are-we look a certain way, we talk a certain way, we walk a certain way. I strut because I’m a supermodel, and sometimes I gallop for fun. When we learn to accept that, other people learn to accept us. So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Fun, People, Hug

  Ellen DeGeneres (2011). “Seriously ... I'm Kidding”, p.9, HarperCollins Australia

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• Your life is a mirror. Life gives us not what we want. Life gives us who we are

  Robin Sharma

  Mirrors, Giving, Want

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• There are almost no worldly signals reminding us to stay connected to the essence of who we are, to take care of ourselves along the way, to reach out to others, to pause to wonder, and to connect to that place from which everything is possible.

  Arianna Huffington

  Essence, Needs, Care

  "Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being,Wisdom, and Wonder". Book by Arianna Huffington, 2014.

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• The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate.

  Pema Chodron

  Celebrate, Ideals, Right Now

  Pema Chodron (1996). “Awakening Loving-Kindness”, p.23, Shambhala Publications

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• To seek approval is to have no resting place, no sanctuary. Like all judgement, approval encourages a constant striving. It makes us uncertain of who we are and of our true value. Approval cannot be trusted. It can be withdrawn at any time no matter what our track record has been. It is as nourishing of real growth as cotton candy. Yet many of us spend our lives pursuing it.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Real, Track, Judgement

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• If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.

  Kristin Hannah

  Love, War, Long

  Kristin Hannah (2015). “The Nightingale”, p.6, Pan Macmillan

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• One who has been touched by grace will no longer look on those who stray as "those evil people" or "those poor people who need our help." Nor must we search for signs of "loveworthiness." Grace teaches us that God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are.

  Philip Yancey

  Love Is, Evil People, Grace

  Philip Yancey (2003). “What's So Amazing about Grace?”, p.89, HarperCollins Christian Publishing

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• Health and healing are about more than the eradication of disease. Health is related to wholeness and holy-knowing who we are and how we are connected with the world around us.

  Larry Dossey

  Healing, Knowing, World

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• The truth of who we are is that we are because we belong.

  Desmond Tutu

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