Quotes by : Charles Taylor

Leibniz combines Aristotelian teleology in the notion that the nature of a thing provides for its unfolding....

We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant....

[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of....

Our sin is our resistance to going along with God's initiative in making suffering reparative. We are....

There is a widespread sense of loss here, if not always of God, then at least of meaning.

What should have died along with communism is the belief that modern societies can be run on a single....

To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand. My identity is defined by the commitments and....

We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity,....

[M]y discovering my own identity doesn't mean that I work it out in isolation, but that I negotiate it....