If I thought it was my identity to be a spiritual teacher, that would be a delusion. It's not an identity. It's simply a function in this world.
What is my identity ?" "Nothing," said the Master. "You mean that I am an emptiness and a void?" said the incredulous disciple. "Nothing that can be labeled. " said the Master.
I have managed to establish an identity that is based on my internal self, and for that I feel tremendously lucky.
I was not a very popular kid in high school, and I had this idea that the way that I dressed would change how liked I was. It was that kind of Pygmalion story. I think, ultimately that's probably why I became interested in fashion, its transformative power, and how it can change your identity.
I know imitation is the highest form of flattery, but stealing one's identity is totally different.
Being alone in our present society raises an important question about identity and well-being.
Since the end of the Cold War, America has been grasping left and right for an identity.
Our sense of being a person can come from being drawn into a wide social unit; our sense of selfhood can arise through the little ways in which we resist the pull. Our status is backed by the solid buildings of the world, while our sense of personal identity often resides in the cracks
I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada. But all my extended family is American, I've held an American passport and I've spent my whole adult life in between New York and LA. So I feel like an American. . . and I also feel like a Canadian! I wish more people were dual citizens and then I wouldn't feel like such a freak.
High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active role in providing financial and economic education during all stages of one's life.
No one has their own identity like the Ronettes did back in the day.
Deciding to remember, and what to remember, is how we decide who we are.
Essentially, yoga means dissolving your identity.
Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition.
The emptiness I speak about is not the emptiness the mind imagines. It is not blank. Your body can continue expressing in a natural way. Intelligence is there. Emotions can come. Everything can play, but inside there is total serenity and peace. No planning, no strategising, no personal identity is there. Just the space of pure being. It is what we are, but we dream and believe we are not.
For each film, you try to create a whole world sonically, having a sense of identity through instruments used, or recording techniques.
Fervent prayer keeps your true identity in focus.
Writing a novel, I am making is an object that has a life and identity of its own, apart from me.
Today Saint Paul has told us that in Christ we have become God’s adopted children, brothers and sisters in Christ. This is who we are. This is our identity.