To consider oneself different from ordinary men is wrong, but it is right to hope that one will not remain like ordinary… — Yoshida Shoin Copy Share Image
“By setting oneself totally free of constraints, free of thoughts, free of this debilitating activity called work, free of efforts, elements hidden… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb 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
I've lived so little that I tend to imagine I'm not going to die; it seems improbable that human existence can be… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is a sense… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself, from cleanliness in relation to oneself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Upon discovering truth, the natural love one has for oneself expands until it encompasses the whole world. This Love removes the ego. — Mooji Copy Share Image
Anxiety and desire are two, often conflicting, orientations to the unknown. Both are tilted toward the future. Desire implies a willingness, or… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
For real happiness, for real lasting stable happiness, one has to make a journey deep within oneself and see that one gets… — S. N. Goenka Copy Share Image
How many times have I wondered if it is really possible to forge links with a mass of people when one has… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
You come by your style by learning what to leave out. At first you tend to overwrite—embellishment instead of insight. You either… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom -such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.What is true… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
How foolish to wear oneself out in vain longing for warmth! Solitude is independence. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that smile largely depends on… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One must not allow oneself to skid down to isolationism and unbridled economic egoism. ... The second possible mistake would be excessive… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Self-confidence without self-reliance is as useless as a cooking recipe without food. Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them.… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
The exploration of oneself is usually also an exploration of the world at large, of other writers, a process of comparison with… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Some important ideas from the book of early Christians which is called Philokalia: From Spiritual Directions of Diadochus of Photiki The acme… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov Copy Share Image
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
