Being A Person Quotes

“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

“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

“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

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