The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.
But one must learn to know oneself in order to know who one is.
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present: each as he sees himself, each as the other sees him, and each as he really is.
Do not identify with the passing clouds; identify with the infinite sky.
The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.
Every action you take is a vote for the person you wish to become.
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
The ego is not what you are. The ego is what the world thinks you are.
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