“Strength and victory... What he would never praise himself for, but whose loss was his most obsessive fear.” — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it. — Clara Schumann Copy Share Image
I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself. — Clement Attlee Copy Share Image
As a writer of philosophy, it's good to ask oneself, 'Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
To practice Zen Buddhism is to train oneself to eliminate hatred, anger and selfishness and to develop loving-kindness towards all. — Thich Thien-An Copy Share Image
Writing poetry is talking to oneself; yet it is a mode of talking to oneself in which the self disappears; and the… — Richard Wilbur Copy Share Image
I would hope that we can load our moral computers with three elements of integrity: 1. Dealing justly with oneself. 2. Dealing… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The fear for oneself, that one can do something about. Upon it one can turn the light of awareness. But when one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In order to climb properly on big peak one must free oneself of fear. This means you must write yourself off before… — Doug Scott Copy Share Image
To do is hard, but to teach is still harder. Do not teach only to teach. Teach to improve the pupil. To… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
One time I had too many Heinekens and I googled myself and realized that that was a very, very bad combination. One… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We need to… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
This willingness continually to revise one's own location in order to place oneself in the path of beauty is the basic impulse… — Elaine Scarry Copy Share Image
There aren't many such enthusiasts born. The average person is not especially curious about the world. He is alive, and being somehow… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable. — Georges Courteline Copy Share Image
One must see one's model correctly and experience it in the right way; and furthermore express oneself forcibly and with distinction. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
To pray 'your kingdom come' at Jesus' bidding meant to align oneself with his kingdom movement. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Being able to support oneself allows one to choose a marriage out of love and not just economic dependence. It also allows… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
In no way be bullied into silence. Hardly ever permit on your own to become made a sufferer. Acknowledge no one's definition… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
What we love intensely or for a long time we are likely to bring within the citadel, and to assert as part… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience. — Berthe Morisot Copy Share Image
Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“The “mind” is like a labyrinth, and each one fights against “his own”. Make sure you don’t get lost by your own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively. — Kano Jigoro Copy Share Image
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
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