No two human beings are alike; it’s a question of identity. And what is identity? The cognitive system arisin’ from the aggregate memories of that individual’s past experiences. The layman’s word for this is the...

When he died, I went about like a ragged crow telling strangers, “My father died, my father died.” My indiscretion embarrassed me, but I could not help it. Without my father on his Delhi rooftop,...

I was a rule-follower. I obeyed all forms of authority. I had never before encountered a situation where the authority was clearly wrong and I had to stand up for what was right.

There was a demand for it from the people. I think it was a rediscovery of the national identity.

When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky….They will never be the same again because you cannot be the same once you leave behind who...

If you understood everything I said, you’d be me

You never know who anybody is. Even the people closest to you.

But there was a special kind of gift that came with embracing the chaos, even if I cursed most of the way. I’m convinced that, when everything is wiped blank, it’s life ‘s way of...

We all have to live with our past, but it doesn’t have to define us.

Perhaps it’s impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.

An ID number is only there to ‘identify’ human beings. Use it to assume people’s intellect or wisdom at your own risk.

You are more that the identity your mind creates.

The concept of reconciliation is not irretrievable, but I am convinced that before we theologians can interpret the depths of the divine action of reconciliation we must first articulate the profound deformities of Christian intimacy...

It is vital that consumers take the initiative to protect their identity. Something as simple as shredding your unneeded personal documents, instead of throwing them in the garbage, can truly make a difference in protecting...

The thing is to understand myself, to see what God really wants me to do; the thing is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I can...

I’m not just a face, or a body. I’m a Havisham.

Of course, I’m aware of the animosities destroying brain cells on both sides, and I know all about the obstinacy of the warring parties, their refusal to reach an agreement, their devotion to their own...

My father could talk about the Romany way of life and its culture. He could talk about freedom and the Scottish spirit. But that was all he could talk about. I was desperate for someone...

They were two ruined souls doomed to wander their minds, if not the earth, trying to remember from whence they came.

All tastes are expressions of belief.

If mistakes determine our worth, then we’re all worthless.Thank God that’s not the case.

In seasons of hiddenness our sense of value is disrupted, stripped of what “others” affirmed us to be. In this season God intends to give us an unshakable identity in Him, that no amount of...

Se amava quel viso non indulgente, era perché era netto, espressivo e risoluto.Vedeva, o gli sembrava di vedere, come tali qualità fossero state mascherate o soffocate da atteggiamenti più convenzionali: una modestia simulata, un’appropriata pazienza,...

While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness. We encounter God in the ordinariness of life: not in the search for...

The gap that was created during those transatlantic voyages hundreds of years ago.That gap is the matrix of Saudade – The Longing, I think, that all Africans in the West have, that is at the...

When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and with whom I do it.

You are who you are. Deal with it.

I am a complicated person with a simple life.

As a person, I have to claim my persona as my own. If I don’t, my clone will do it for me.

The columnist gives these words to the longings of an 11-year-old he meets with Tourette’s syndrome: “Wisdom is encoded in our common language. We all have, to some extent, a complex, sometimes adversarial, relationship with...

No, non imiterò mai coloro che cancellano le proprie tracce, ripudiano il proprio passato e sono morti, anche se con equilibrismi intellettuali fanno finta di essere vivi. Le mie radici sono laggiù, all’Est, su questo...

The advantages of a hereditary Monarchy are self-evident. Without some such method of prescriptive, immediate and automatic succession, an interregnum intervenes, rival claimants arise, continuity is interrupted and the magic lost. Even when Parliament had...

Mind makes a man of God.

Individuality and creativity are slowly dampened by a normal job with normal people.

Finally, it is wrong to say that “nothing” is more basic to the identity of the church than suffering. Nothing is more basic to the identity of the institutional church than the preaching of the...

Our true self is made manifest in love.

It’s complicated, what makes a person. I think…part of it is experience—whether you seek them out or they come to you—and your reactions to them. Even then, you may not know exactly how something affects...

They’re going to have to grow that identity with some younger players and some of the veteran guys that they brought in to fill that void. You know, the one thing obviously in Jersey is...

I’m not the same person I was before, and I am deathly afraid I will never be her again…

Though blessed with the enviable properties of a mink coat—graceful, unreasonable, and impractical no matter what she was draped over—she was nevertheless one of those people whose personality proved to be the bane of modern...

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.

Technology has changed how people feel about sharing their identity.

You have probably worked your entire life to create a sense of identity around your job, your family, your hobbies, or your physical characteristics. But none of these is who you really are. You are...

I fall in love with Paraíso. It’s like a giant playground where I’m never scolded for running around recklessly, where I’m almost overwhelmed with the amount of attention and love I receive from Mami’s family....

You must know that you are worth much to me whether you accomplish anything or not. Even if you are rejected in the world’s eyes, you are valuable to me.

Let us do something, while we have the chance! It is not every day that we are needed. Not indeed that we personally are needed. Others would meet the case equally well, if not better....

Wind is on fire” – beautiful words. What causes the fire, what enhances it, and what finally extinguishes it by itself or by bringing in rainclouds, gets identified with it. Do breath and life have...

You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must...

Don’t let what you thought you were yesterday keep you from becoming what you’re meant to be today.

If you include all the fraudulent documents, about 80 percent of Haitians have no reliable identity documents at all.