#identity

Anders als die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika haben sich die meisten europäischen Nationalstaaten auf der Grundlage von Homogenisierungen entwickelt; historisch liegt ihnen das Ideal einer Einheit von Blut, Kultur, Sprache und Religion zugrunde. Dieser Drang zur Vereinheitlichung war kaum irgendwo stärker als in Deutschland, eben weil es sich erst spät zu einer Nation herausgebildet hat, und das Deutsche niemals ein so natürlicher oder unumstrittener Bezugspunkt war wie England für die Engländer oder Frankreich für die Franzosen. ↗

— Navid Kermani

#nationality #patriotism #religion

There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. There are certain lottery tickets I can buy, thereby increasing my odds of finding contentment. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom share my body and life and money and energy with. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#free-will #identity #life

Everything is music for the born musician. ↗

— Romain Rolland

#identity #music #musicians #self-knowledge #music

to be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its’ best, night and day, to make you just like everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ↗

— E.E. Cummings

#identity #non-conformity #pressures #truth #conformity

There comes a time when all that remains for us to do is to surrender to the idiosyncrasies of our nature. ↗

— Floriano Martins

#individuality #self #nature

Judith Rey watches the young woman. Once upon a time, I had a baby daughter. I dressed her in frilly frocks, enrolled her for ballet classes, and sent her to horse-riding camp five summers in a row. But look at her. She turned into Lester anyway. She kisses Luisa’s forehead. Luisa frowns, suspiciously, like a teenager. “What? ↗

— David Mitchell

#daughter #father #growing-up #human-nature #identity

Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character. ↗

— Hugo Hamilton

#growth #identity #self-discovery #self-discovery

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#gives #idea #identity #little #man

We don't need a nation that has national identity cards. ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

#identity #nation #national #national identity #need

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#because #being #challenging #find #identity