2,417 Quotes About Identity

When I wake from my nightmaresI’m more afraid of the breath in my lungs than whatever might be chasing me.

An illusion can become a half-truth, a mask can alter the expression of a face.

This is me today, but take heed; it is not the same me as yesterday, and it will not be the same me tomorrow.

I keep on dreaming, but to find freedom, one must first search inwards.

Time alone helps us to remember who we are.

I'll never have to give an account for not being more like my favorite celebrity, that shining star in my chosen field or anybody else. And at the end of my life, the question I never want to be asked is, "How come you weren't more like YOU? You had such great potential. You were a wholly unique person -- unrepeatable and irreplaceable. Why you weren't more like YOU?

Creating Identity

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth

By identifying with a particular name that belongs to a particular body and mind, the self begins the process of creating a separate identity. Add in a complex jumble of ideas, beliefs, and opinions, along with some selective and often painful memories with which to create a past to identify with, as well as the raw emotional energy to hold it all together, and before you know it, you've got a very convincing - though divided - self.