Quotes by Identity 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. Pope Francis brotheridentitychildren Forced federal registration of U.S. citizens based on religious identity is fascism, period. Nothing else to call it. Rachel Maddow citizensidentityreligious When we recognize how precious and truly glorious we are, then we become humbled by that and recognize everyone's true spiritual identity. And then our greatest joy is in sharing. Radhanath Swami identityspiritualjoy Families have a citizenship which is divine. The identity card they have is given to them by God. So that within the heart of the family, truth, goodness and beauty may truly grow. Pope Francis identityheartcards There is nothing in existence available without payment. If you want to know yourself, you will have to drop all false identities. They are your investments, they are your power, they are your prestige, they are your religion, they are your qualifications. It is difficult to drop them; it feels like death. Rajneesh prestigeidentitywant It is clear that we must embrace struggle. Every living thing conforms to it. Everything in nature grows and struggles in its own way, establishing its own identity, insisting on it at all cost, against all resistance. Rainer Maria Rilke costidentitystruggle God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity. Ralph Ellison shadowidentityart By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication. Ralph Ellison communicationidentitywriting That which we remember is, more often than not, that which we would like to have been; or that which we hope to be. Thus our memory and our identity are ever at odds; our history ever a tale told by inattentive idealists. Ralph Ellison oddsidentitymemories Cars are like children: It's hard to say that any one is more special than the other. There are little things about each car that you come to love, whether it's the look, the steering wheel, the way it drives, or even the way it drives differently when you put the top up. They all have identities; they have spirits and characteristics that are truly endearing in some way. Ralph Lauren caridentitychildren In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight. Ram Dass juicycostumesidentity My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never been forced upon me. They've given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim. Randa Abdel-Fattah strongintellectualidentity "Who am I?" is not really a question because it has no answer to it; it is unanswerable. It is a device, not a question. Rajneesh awarenessidentityanswers Storytelling is the greatest activity of any culture. Storytelling is how you build a family, how you pass along identity. Randall Wallace storytellingidentityculture James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and a brilliant social critic, he foreshadowed the destructive trends happening now in the whole Western world and beyond, while always maintaining a sense of humanistic hope and dignity. He explored palpable, yet unspoken, intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies and the inevitable, if unnameable, tensions with personal identity, assumptions, uncertainties, yearning, and questing. Raoul Peck identityclassworld Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady. Raquel Cepeda spaceidentitypeople Our identities are as fluid as our personal experiences are diverse. Raquel Cepeda diversityfluididentity I have no issues with my identity. Rashida Jones issuesidentity I once knew it. I only hope that I can regain my own identity, once I decide that Perry Mason and myself have come to the parting of the road. Perry Mason has become a career for me . . . all I know is that I work, eat and sleep Perry Mason. Raymond Burr careersidentitysleep Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness.'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis. Ray Romano oystersidentityattitude«4142434445464748495051»
