Who We Are Quotes - Page 36

• Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness and our confusion, and therefore it doesn’t do any good to try to get rid of our so-called negative aspects, because in that process we also get rid of our basic wonderfulness. We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what we’re doing rather than trying to improve or change or get rid of who we are or what we’re doing. The key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive and curious about ourselves.

  Pema Chodron

  Keys, Confusion, Trying

  Pema Chodron (2001). “The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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• 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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• If we continually let go of the moments, we let go of who we are and we lose ourselves.

  Matthew Knisely

  Letting Go, Moments, Loses

  Matthew Knisely (2014). “Framing Faith: From Camera to Pen, An Award-Winning Photojournalist Captures God in a Hurried World”, p.23, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• To be intuitive, we must cultivate our sense of humor and look for reasons to laugh everywhere. We become so self-absorbed and serious when it comes to our problems and melodramas that we disconnect from our deeper sense of who we are as beautiful souls-we withdraw from life instead of enjoying it. Laughter brings us back to ourselves and back to life.

  Sonia Choquette

  Beautiful, Laughter, Self

  Sonia Choquette (2010). “Trust Your Vibes: Secret Tools for Six-Sensory Living”, p.254, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If we keep our little flame alive, our first feeling of enthusiasm of who we are, without the influence or intervention of others, we will prevail.

  Patti Smith

  Flames, Feelings, Alive

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• When we are aligned with our highest selves, we trust ourselves enough to follow our hearts. Then we are able to be straight and tell the truth about who we are, and what we want, even if it disappoints someone else. Are you being straight about who you are?

  Debbie Ford

  Heart, Self, Want

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• Gratitude flows from the recognition that who we are and what we have are gifts
  to be received and shared.

  Henri Nouwen

  Gratitude, Flow, Recognition

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• Who we are, not just the services and products we provide, creates money.

  Marianne Williamson

  Products

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• Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Heart, Meditation Practice, Mind

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.136, Harmony

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• If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil-that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid.

  Barack Obama

  America, Evil, Want

  "Statement by the President". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 16, 2013.

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• I don't think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don't know who we are as individuals in this culture any more.

  Naomi Judd

  Reflection, Thinking, Enough Time

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