“Don’t worry about being good…Aspire to be authentic.” – Yann Martel

“What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” – C.S. Lewis

“You prefer to be natural? Sometimes. But it is such a very difficult pose to keep up.” – Oscar Wilde

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” – Joseph Campbell

“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.” – Pema Chodron

“Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.” – Eckhart Tolle

“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.” – Brene Brown

“The thing about light is that it really isn’t yours; it’s what you gather and shine back.” – Anne Lamott

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” – Charles Dickens

“The best portion of a good man’s life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” – William Wordsworth