“ We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance… Charles Taylor
“ There is a certain way of being human that is way. I am called upon to live my life in this way, and not in imitation of anyone else's life. But this notion gives a new importance to being true to my… Charles Taylor
“ [E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find… Charles Taylor
“ We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression. Charles Taylor
“ Liberalism can't and shouldn't claim complete cultural neutrality. Liberalism is also a fighting creed. Charles Taylor
“ There is a widespread sense of loss here, if not always of God, then at least of meaning. Charles Taylor
“ It's not just that people sacrifice their love relationships, and the care of their children, to pursue their careers. Something like this has perhaps always existed. The point is that today many peop… Charles Taylor
“ What should have died along with communism is the belief that modern societies can be run on a single principle, whether that of planning under the general will or that of free-market allocations. Charles Taylor
“ The rise of the buffered identity has been accompanied by an interiorization; that is, not only the Inner/Outer distinction, that between Mind and World as separate loci, which is central to the buffe… Charles Taylor
“ To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand. My identity is defined by the commitments and identifications which provide the frame or horizon within which I can try to determine from case t… Charles Taylor
“ Herder put forward the idea that each of us has an original way of being human. Each person has his or her own measure is his way of putting it. This idea has entered very deep into modern consciousne… Charles Taylor
“ But an important point is that, once again as with scientific proofs of atheism, it is not the cast-iron intellectual reasoning which convinces, but the relief of revolt. Charles Taylor
“ [M]y discovering my own identity doesn't mean that I work it out in isolation, but that I negotiate it through dialogue, partly overt, partly internal, with others. Charles Taylor
“ Leibniz combines Aristotelian teleology in the notion that the nature of a thing provides for its unfolding in a certain fashion with the modern idea that the nature of a thing is within it. Because t… Charles Taylor
“ Our sin is our resistance to going along with God's initiative in making suffering reparative. We are deeply drawn towards God, but we also sense how following him will dislocate and transform beyond… Charles Taylor
