2,417 Quotes About Identity

Not the perception of the proportion of things outside of us but the experience of identification with whatever's outside of us (this is obviously a physical impossibility ; that's why it's a mental responsibility).

We are not and cannot be who people want us to be. Each one of us is unique and such is the life we need to embrace and live.

The more you make your thoughts and beliefs into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself.

Art itself is a philosophy; it allows us to immerse ourselves freely in our own identities, and in our own pace.

Base your self-worth on yourself, on what you, not others think.

Then he realized: 'I, indeed, am this creation; for I have poured it forth from myself.' In that way he became this creation. And verily, he who knows this becomes in this creation a creator.

Once people think they know who you are, changing their perception is all but impossible. Humans adore labels and will cling to them in the face of almost anything.

Living by other people's definitions and perceptions shrinks us to shells of ourselves, rather than complex people embodying multiple identities.

The main character, Gene Moore, is shown how much of his identity is wrapped up in his career and potential in that career. When he comes home from war no longer able to see himself as a baseball prospect, he isn't sure who he is. This is thoroughly reinforced every time one of his acquaintances identifies him by baseball or inquires about his status. How much of our identity and worth is wrapped up in our job title or the one we are aspiring to?