You will never change, unless you are honest with yourself or you are forced to be authentic by someone that was honest with him or herself.

If chained is where you have been, your ams will always bear marks of the shackles. What you have to lose is your story, your own slant. You’ll look at the scars on your arms...

So, how close are love and genius, really? We know that they are both mentioned far more than lived.

ideal image” of who we should be in order to feel safe misdirects and depletes our energy.

Speak in your own voice about the things that matter to you.

The possibility of injury or death was a strong attraction: as the online world became more and more pre-edited and slicked up, and as even its so-called reality sites raised questions about authenticity in the...

I am in complete alignment with my thinking with this statement by F. F. Bruce: ‘Whether our approach is theological or historical, it does matter whether the New Testament documents are reliable or not’.” ~R....

We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power.

Often, our relationships become an unrealized quest for what is perfect, unfettered, and free of flaws. We expect our partners, spouses, and our friends to avoid missteps and to be magical mind readers. These secret...

I believe the most difficult situation to be in, is one of mind-game-playing. Interestingly enough, it can be observed that it’s those from the most prosperous countries that tend to play the most mind-games with...

Hypocrisy versus authenticity among men is not always so black and white, and as is righteousness, humility is often self-proclaimed. The Church is most definitely supposed to be a hospital for the spiritually, emotionally, mentally,...

Keep going even when the going is slow and uncertain.Make your dream your prayer and your service.Don’t wait for recognition. Let it find you working. Romanticize authenticity instead of perfection.

vivre dans la vérité, ne mentir ni à soi-même ni aux autres, ce n’est possible qu’à la condition de vivre sans public. Dès lors qu’il y a un témoin à nos actes, nous nous adaptons...

To influence a person is to give him one’s own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there...

Nothing more inelegant and ineffective than an art conceived in another art’s form.

There are, literally, thousands of people all around the world who need nothing more than to meet someone just like you. To spend your time pretending to be someone else is just as senseless and...

The struggle to excavate your true, authentic self from beneath the mountain of conditioning and ridiculous expectation is the epic struggle of your lifetime.

I will one day accept death with gratitude if I meet it having lived a life that became truly my own.

shoulds” that keep us stuck.

Power is like being a lady… if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

Live to start your stupid ideas, and start to live a life without regret–a life filled with meaning, freedom, happiness, fun, authenticity, and influence.

The fact is, many people do not know how treat themselves and are experts at putting themselves down. In fact, if most of us were in a relationship with ourselves, we would break up with...

Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of your reality is not their reality.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful...

The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men faux spirituality.

The fastest way to die is to live a lie

We all shuffle our own deck in life … The deck is our brain, the cards are our thoughts, the results we get will determine if we are giving ourselves a fair deal. Do you...

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity – I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only...

In the 56 years I have been a disciple of and in union with Jesus Christ and in my opinion, John Wimber was the most authentic, humble, accessible, and anointed ‘Christ-like’ man I have ever...

Within, you hold a tiny piece of eternity, a fraction of life, a mirror of the universe.

As a young wife and mother living in a pre-Pinterest world, I used to glue-gun bows and small pieces of minutia together methodically. I was an insomniac proudly penning thank you notes longer than the...

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they’re all so envious of it.

Nothing is more attractive than being your authentic self!

No matter how you define success, you will need to be resilient, empowered, authentic, and limber to get there.

Free yourself from the inauthenticity and disempowerment of your story.

It is almost as if we are all playing a big game of hide-and-go-seek. We all hide expecting to be found, but no one has been labelled the seeker. We stand behind the wall, at...

A book or an article is of readable quality only by the quantity of the words’ honesty; the rest of its content only makes it a bulky.

There are too many people who love me, and accept me, and never try and change me, and who don’t condemn me in the slightest, for me to waste even one moment of my life...

Authentic leadership is about leading from the core of who we are to inspire each of us to our best contribution toward a shared mission.

You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform,...

Porque la vida, por todas sus descaradas absuridades, pequeñas y grandes, de que está felizmente llena, tiene el inestimable privilegio de poder prescindir de esta estupidísima verosimilutd, a la que el arte cree su deber...

Your life should consist of more than commuting, working, eating, surfing the Internet, sleeping and watching TV. Your life should be filled with purpose-driven experiences and projects that bring excitement, passion, energy, and authentic meaning...

Breaking childhood teachings is never easy, and in essence, they are like white noise that can sometimes stop us from listening to ourselves, or having to listen to ourselves.

Family and friends become oppressors the moment they teach you that loyalty is more important than what is done to people outside your social circle. What they are really saying is this: Save yourself because...