Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
the female view that one strengthens oneself by strengthening others is finding greater acceptance, and female values of inclusion and connection are… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
We tend to think of consecration only as yielding up, when divinely directed, our material possessions. But ultimate consecration is the yielding… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It wasn't possible just to rid oneself, simply, of the norms through which one is constituted. — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
This question of love begins and ends with the willingness to be welcoming to one's own experience as a loving action towards… — Roger Housden Copy Share Image
Drill and uniforms impose an architecture on the crowd. An army's beautiful. But that's not all; it panders to lower instincts than… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
One should be an enigma not just to others but to oneself too. I study myself. When I'm tired of that I… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
When we begin to reflect Christ, the Bible, when more understood as being centered around Christ, seems to be potentially every man's… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
What release to write so that one forgets oneself, forgets one's companion, forgets where one is or what one is going to… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
The ancients, even though they believed in destiny , believed primarily in nature , in which they participated wholeheartedly. To rebel against… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
God is the only one who knows how many children we should have, and we should be ready to accept them. One… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
The goal of this generation's pioneers should be to restrict procreation and limit consumption. They should also take every opportunity to make… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The most significant change wrought by adolescence is the taming of the ideals by which a person measures himself. . . .… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Man is in pursuit of two goals: he is looking for happinesse and, being by essence empty ("étant vide par essence", Fr.),… — African Spir Copy Share Image
To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a man so concentrates his attention - on… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The desire not to be impinged upon, to be left to oneself, has been the markof high civilisation both on the part… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Love, it seems to me, is the condition in which one is most contentedly oneself. — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
There must be something in oneself which is essential. Therefore I refrain from referring to a landscape or certain objects when speaking… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
To reject censorship after studying the risks involved is very well. To reject it ex cathedra, in the tones of Calvin pronouncing… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
One must always be careful of books,' said Tessa, 'and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.'… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
