Oneself Quotes · Page 33

Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure.

— Bertrand Russell

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to…

— Gautama Buddha

The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve…

— Joseph Campbell

All good art is in the nature of a letter written to amuse a sick friend. Too much art, particularly in our…

— W. H. Auden

It is necessary that one be a light to oneself in a world that is becoming utterly dark.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

— Voltaire

American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.

— Diane Wakoski

It is one of the triumphs of human wit ... to conquer by humility and submissiveness ... to make oneself small in…

— Alfred Adler

Ironman distance triathlons are a true test of oneself as a whole. Each race is a test of physical, mental and spiritual…

— Timothy O'Donnell

Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself…

— John Berger

In order to develop love - universal love, cosmic love, whatever you would like to call it one must accept the whole…

— Chogyam Trungpa

One makes a gift of one's life and endeavors by sanctifying it with love, and devotion and selfless service. When seeking to…

— David Hawkins

St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of…

— Charles Madigan

A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing…

— Maureen O'Hara

Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Pride is an established conviction of one's own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the patient without…

— Wilfred Trotter

One time I had too many Heinekens and I googled myself and realized that that was a very, very bad combination. One…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

To write honestly and with conviction anything about the migration of birds, one should oneself have migrated. Somehow or other we should…

— William Beebe

Fair-goes are not only for oneself, but for underdogs. Even in international sporting matches Australians have been known to switch from their…

— Donald Horne

The question is why one should be so inwardly preoccupied at all. Why not reach out to others in love and solidarity…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is…

— Martin Buber

What is love? It is not simply compassion, not simply kindness. In compassion there are two: the one who suffers and the…

— Nikos Kazantzakis

Any opportunity to adorn oneself is human, and accessories are an easy way to do it.

— Marc Jacobs

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where…

— Arundhati Roy

Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting…

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Decline of the letter, the rise of the notebook! One doesn't write to others any more; one writes to oneself.

— Susan Sontag

Thus one should know oneself to be of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss[Sat-Chit-Ananda].

— Adi Shankara

The creation of freedom for oneself and a sacred "No" even to duty -- for that, my brothers, the lion is needed.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The overall message is 'one love,' which means love begins with oneself. If you can't love yourself, you can't love anyone around…

— Simphiwe Dana

The minute you celebrate narcissism, which on one hand is very complex, it's very ridiculous. You have to love oneself with humor.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I never really make solid resolutions. I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen…

— Brittany Murphy

I believe that, through the act of living, the discovery of oneself is made concurrently with the discovery of the world around…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something…

— Henry James

“When in spotlight, you get attention of even those you don't know; When in darkness, you lose your own shadow too”

— Zain Baloch

I think closing-off is the most detrimental thing we can do as people. Also, the idea of not judging oneself.

— Carrie Brownstein

PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.

— Ambrose Bierce