“We really only came around to accepting and integrating the propositional dimension of identity into a concept of ourselves at the time of the American Revolution.” AcceptingIdentityRevolutionConceptsDimensionsIntegratingAmerican Revolution Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“We don't exist unless there is someone who can see us existing, what we say has no meaning until someone can understand, while to be surrounded by friends is constantly to have our identity confirmed; their knowledge and care for us have the power to pull us from our numbness. In small comments, many of them teasing, they reveal they know our foibles and except them and so, in turn, accept that we have a place in the world.” KnowsWorldCareTurnsAcceptingIdentityCommentPlaces In The WorldTeaseNumbnessFoiblesSurrounded By Friends Author:Alain de Botton
“The male dares to be different to the degree that he accepts his passivity and his desire to be female, his fagginess. The farthest out male is the dragqueen, but he, although different from most men, is exactly like all other dragqueens; like the functionalist, he has an identity - a female; he tries to define all his troubles away - but still no individuality. Not completely convinced that he's a woman, highly insecure about being sufficiently female, he conforms compulsively to the man-made feminine stereotype, ending up as nothing but a bundle of stilted mannerisms.” MenTryingMadeStillsDifferentDesireAcceptingTroubleIdentityDegreesFemaleMalesIndividualityDareConvincedFeminineStereotypeConformInsecureBundlesPassivityMannerismsDare To Be Different Book:SCUM Manifesto Source: SCUM Manifesto
“You cannot spend your life wanting to be someone else, snipping off pieces of yourself you don't like, and suddenly expect, upon reaching a goal, to be confident, self-accepting, rooted like an oak tree in your being.” SelfGoalAcceptingPiecesTreeIdentityReachingRootedOaksBe ConfidentOak TreeReaching Goals Book:Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment Source: Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment
“An ideology critique that does not clearly accept its identity as satire can, however, easily be transformed from an instrument in the search for truth into one of dogmatism. All too often, it interferes with the capacity for dialogue instead of opening up new paths for it.” DoeAcceptingPathIdentityCapacityInstrumentsDialogueOpeningIdeologySatireTransformedInterfereCritiqueOpening UpSearch For TruthDogmatismNew Paths Author:Peter Sloterdijk
“If Turkey become a member of the EU, of course Turks would lose a part of this identity, just as Europe would lose a part of its own. It would also be a different Europe then. Accepting Turkey into the EU is an ambitious political endeavor of historical proportions. Europe would become a strong, multi-religious unit.” IfsDifferentPoliticalCoursesStrongLosesReligiousAcceptingIdentityMembersEuropeHistoricalProportionEndeavorAmbitiousUnitsTurkeys Author:Orhan Pamuk
“Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu of something better, but what I call their accruing ego identity gains real strength only from wholehearted and consistent recognition of real accomplishment, that is, achievement that has meaning in their culture.” MayChildrenRealSelfCultureAcceptingSelf EsteemIdentityEgoAchievementGainsEmptyEncouragementPraiseEsteemRecognitionAccomplishmentConsistentArtificialSomething BetterFooledCondescendingReal Strength Book:Identity and the Life Cycle Source: Identity and the Life Cycle