Echoes

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Become what you are.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be oneself.

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

When you are content to be simply yourself, everybody will respect you.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

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

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

It would be better for me that the whole world should disagree with me than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself.

I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

Accept everything just the way it is.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

What does your conscience say? — You should become who you are.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Whatever you are, be a good one.