Being A Person Quotes

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Michael Ben Zehabe
“And God does have a personality. He can't hide from us. His personality shines through every Hebrew letter, on every page. Sometimes we forget that God is a person--not a fleshly person, but a person nonetheless.”
Michael Ben Zehabe, A Commentary on Jonah

Gillian Flynn
“It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless automat of characters.
And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don’t have genuine souls.”
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

Iris Murdoch
“Being a real person oneself is
a matter of setting up limits and drawing lines and saying no. I don't want to
be a nebulous bit of ectoplasm straying around in other people's lives. That
sort of vague sympathy with everybody precludes any real understanding of
anybody."
"The sympathy needn't be vague--"And it precludes any real loyalty to
anybody."
"One must know the details, justice, after all--"
"I detest chatter and gossip. One must hold one's tongue. Even sometimes
just not think about people. Real thoughts come out of silence.”
Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince

Alexander Lowen
“The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person.”
Alexander Lowen, Fear of Life: The Wisdom of Failure