32 Quotes About Personal-identity

The question of ‘who I am’ is bigger than ‘who I am.’ Therefore, I think it far wiser to ask the Great I AM who I am.

What…defines a person as a unique individual? A natural disposition? A face? A vocabulary of gestures? Are we born individuals…or do we mold ourselves into unique creatures through our experiences and accomplishments? Every human enters the world with a vast, incalculable potential. But myriad factors invariably conspire to prevent us from fully achieving that potential.

If our identity cannot exist in a vacuum, then what value does it have?

Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are.

Memories are precious ... they help tell us who we are.

A person without a crystalline sense of self lives a mythless existence; they lack a definitive path to follow in life. Deprived of a solid sense of self, dispossessed of a connection to the past, destitute of a grounding sense in the present, a person leads a leaden and aimless existence.

When we do not know our true identity as powerful creators, we are susceptible to being used and manipulated.

Hey, can you not tell any of the kids at school about all this? I’m still trying to fit in. I don’t want to be known as the girl with the magical appliances. I just don’t want that stuff defining me.

[...]And his head is on fire with new things[...]he called himself the little blue hermit, scuttling across the sand in search of a new shell, but now he looks at the sky and knows that no shell will ever be big enough, ever.