“To bend and prostrate oneself to express sentiments of respect, appears to be a natural motion.”
Modes of Salutation, and Amicable Ceremonies, Observed in Various Nations.
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Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Repudiei sempre que me compreendessem. Ser compreendido é prostituir-se. Prefiro ser tomado a sério como o que não sou, ignorado humanamente, com decência e naturalidade.
Source: The Book of Disquietude, trans. Richard Zenith, text 128
Frances Burney (1752–1840) English writer
The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, vol. 1, p. 8, journal entry, 1768.
Letters
“If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.”
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
“Expressing oneself is like a drug. I’m so addicted to it.”
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
2000-09, The Bold and the Beautiful, 2009
“The act of expressing oneself is a physical one. It materializes the thought.”
Asger Jorn (1914–1973) Danish artist
1949 - 1958, Speech to the Penguins' (1949)
Thomas Carlyle book Latter-Day Pamphlets
1850s, Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850), Stump Orator (May 1, 1850)
“Life demands honesty, the ability to face, admit, and express oneself.”
Starhawk (1951) American author, activist and Neopagan