#ours

Whoever you pretend to be, you must face yourself eventually. ↗

— Al Stewart

#face #must #pretend #whoever #you

And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#day #devices #every #every day #first

If you think you’re good people, and if you are, how would you know? Is it something you always knew? Or was it something you found? Some people are naturally good at it […]. Is it worth trying to be something you’re not? Just because it’s right? ↗

— Jen Wang

#being-good #right-and-wrong #self-discovery #nature

The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#cross #intercourse #orgasm #religion #salvation

I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there. ↗

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#searching #travel #travel

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#mankind #most #most powerful #powerful #used

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#die #ends #lives #long #long run

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#being #being overwhelmed #frightened #had #high

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else. ↗

— Judy Garland

#greatness #individuality #being

Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have. ↗

— John Grisham

#courtroom-drama #crime #crime