The things I felt... about certain painters of the past that... inspired me, like Cezanne and Manet... that complete losing of oneself… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
To understand a profound thought is to have, at the moment one understands it, a profound thought oneself; and this demands some… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
This process of the good life is not, I am convinced, a life for the faint-hearted. It involves the stretching and growing… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“It is indeed challenging to consider a dream within a dream as a dream, almost like getting lost within oneself.” — Hafsa Tahir Copy Share Image
The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
To write honestly and with conviction anything about the migration of birds, one should oneself have migrated. Somehow or other we should… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
I really tried, or so I thought, to avoid lying, but it seemed to me that they forced it on me by… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
The Fascist accepts life and loves it, knowing nothing of and despising suicide; he rather conceives of life as duty and struggle… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
One does not concern oneself with the expressions, but rather with life. You are looking at life through the wrong end of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it. — Clara Schumann Copy Share Image
To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous. — Plato Copy Share Image
Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That's what makes me feel good. — Laetitia Casta Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When writing of oneself one should show no mercy. Yet why at the first attempt to discover one's own truth does all… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way. — Gustav Mahler Copy Share Image
Being a warrior is not about the act of fighting. It's about the ability, courage, and commitment to end the war within… — Richard Machowicz Copy Share Image
The spiritual journey is one that we must take "alone together," in the same way that a good marriage involves a dance… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
As I've gotten older and I've watched people in productions, I go to the theater when I go back to London and… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
One only makes books in order to keep in touch with one's fellows after one has ceased to breath, and thus to… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
The essence of leadership is not giving things or even providing visions. It is offering oneself and one's spirit. — Lee Bolman & Terence Deal Copy Share Image
There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I wrote in Les Mots that "I have often thought against myself." That sentence has not been understood either. Critics have seen… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image