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...

If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.

How can I participate in this community and still be who I am?

An echo has no voice of its own.

Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared, some of them, for a few decades or a millennium or two, but everything must finally fall in war, or wear away into the ultimate...

If I seem to you to change my state and alter my condition, I do not change my mind. I try always to be Hutten, never to desert myself, but to walk with equanimity through...

In your heart, you have a song that will change the world, once you give yourself permission to sing.

One reason why the Enemy found this so easy was that, without knowing it, I was already desperately anxious to get rid of my religion; and that for a reason worth recording. By a sheer...

Too often we think sharing our weaknesses will cause us to lose respect. We think making our weaknesses know will cause us to lose the honour to be able to proclaim the Word of God...

When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were ‘somebody’.

In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart. They are real and sustainable. Their foundations are stronger because they are built with the strength of the human spirit,...

The ludicrous element in our feeling does not make them any less authentic.

You are only Invulnerable when you are in Fear

We Catholics have not only to do our best to keep down our own warring passions and live decent lives, which will often be hard enough in this odd world we have been born into....

You are eternal, beautiful, and real.