My new city [Seattle] and its hinterland felt deceptively homely. Their similar latitude gave them the angular light and lingering evenings I… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
Only by taking responsibility for oneself, to the greatest extent possible, can one ever be free, and only a free person can… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
Analysis of rebellion leads at least to the suspicion that, contrary to the postulates of contemporary thought, a human nature does exist,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Journalism has not only its social stimulations but its aesthetic virtues. An invitation into print, from however suspect a source, is an… — John Updike Copy Share Image
To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
One never comes into embarrassment, if one is ready to balance. To ask oneself never in embarrassment, what have you in these… — Siegfried Lenz Copy Share Image
We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time. — Evita Peron Copy Share Image
The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Once in a while it happens that I vomit up a bunny... it's not reason for one to blush and isolate oneself… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Gardening is one of the rewards of middle age, when one is ready for an impersonal passion, a passion that demands patience,… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I like the concept of an anti-muse, though I'm not quite sure what that is. If there is such a thing in… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
All you want is to be happy. All your desires, whatever they may be, are longing for happiness. Basically, you wish yourself… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men doesn't try to force issues or defeat enemies by force of arms. For every… — Laozi Copy Share Image
It is the going out from oneself that is love and not the accident of its return. It is the expedition, whether… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
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