“Part of knowing who we are is knowing we are not someone else. And Jew is only the name we give to that stranger, the agony we cannot feel, the death we look at like a cold abstraction. Each man has his Jew; it is the other.” MenGivingFeelsLooksNamesKnowingColdJewStrangerWho We AreAgonyAbstraction Author:Arthur Miller
“The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of us is required to answer the call of individuation. We must turn away from the cacaphony of the outerworld to hear the inner voice. When we can dare to live its promptings, then we achieve personhood. We may become strangers to those who thought they knew us, but at least we are no longer strangers to ourselves.” KnowsMayTurnsVoiceAnswersConsciousnessKnowingAchieveHeroComplexesDareStrangerHearingFinding YourselfInner VoiceBe True To YourselfLivelihoodListen To YourselfIndividuationPersonhood Book:The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife Source: The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
“Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?” PeopleKnowsWorldWayRealAbilityKnowingVirtueSelf HelpStrangerSelf DiscoveryCentsNot KnowingWoeNinetyFrailty Author:Sydney J. Harris
“A man in trouble laments that he did not listen to his teachers, and thus he finds himself in a sad state, utter ruin. A candid admission of a blunder is refreshing and not often heard in human affairs. It is the saint alone who is large-minded enough to think and speak in this way. This is part of his authenticity.The person who is swift to hear and slow to respond is a stranger to an all-knowing illuminism. He believes that others, too, have some truth, and he is willing to be instructed by them. He is ready for the mind of God.” ThinkingMenWayMindBelieveHumansPersonsStatesEnoughSpeakKnowingTeacherTroubleHeardWillingReadyAffairSaintStrangerAuthenticityRuinsRefreshingBlundersAdmissionLamentCandid Author:Thomas Dubay
“You've got the people you know, which are problematic. Always. They're rich but they're also real people living their lives alongside you. Then you've got the people that you make-up completely, who are often missing a dimension if they don't have some reference to real people. So strangers exist in this in-between space, where in not knowing them, you are creating a fiction for them, even in passing, but at the same time, there they are, with their actual bodies and their actual clothes. It's totally enticing.” PeopleIfsKnowsRealBodySpaceFictionKnowingRichMissingCreatingClothesStrangerPassingPassingsDimensionsNot KnowingEnticing Author:Miranda July