![]() EpictetusĪ rebel is the one who lives totally according to his own light and risks everything else for his ultimate value of freedom. And rest assured that, if you remain true to them, the same people who made fun of you will come to admire you. Large groups are no place for smart people. Take the contradictions of your life and wrap around you like a shawl, to parry stones, to keep you warm. Ichiro Kishimi (The Courage to Be Disliked)īe nobody’s darling Be an outcast. Henri Bergsonĭo not live to satisfy the expectations of others. To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. EpicurusĮven if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself – exactly oneself and no one else. ![]() The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom. If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self. The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. You, being yourself, unknowingly inspire others to be themselves. Paul GrahamĬan you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be? Charles Bukowski When you see a mob doing something, it should make you less likely to do it yourself, not more likely. There’s a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities. The world just wants your authentic truth. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions. OshoĮvery man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. Know perfectly well that all relationship is a game: play the game and play it as beautifully as possible and as skillfully as possible. Chesterton (The Everlasting Man)īe in the world, but don’t let the world be in you. Paulo Coelho ( Source)Ī dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. The right people – the ones who really belong in your life – will come to you, and stay. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. What is the seal of liberation? No longer being ashamed in front of oneself. If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world. 100 Love Yourself Quotes To Honor The Beauty In You.100 Self-Worth Quotes To Value Yourself (Even More).118 Self-Respect Quotes To Give You More Power.Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spoke Zarathustra) He who obeys, does not listen to himself. Nikeĭon’t let other people decide who you are. Epictetusĭon’t believe you have to be like anybody to be somebody. When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval.
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