If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal… — Confucius Copy Share Image
I've tried it all. I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit… — Malcolm McDowell Copy Share Image
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one… — Socrates Copy Share Image
There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Journalism classes teach us that one must extract oneself from the story in order to report without bias, but often we need… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening. — Ruth Rendell Copy Share Image
Liberating oneself from the addiction of consumerism and careerism promotes inner peace. — David Shi Copy Share Image
I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself. — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Cant is always rather nauseating; but before we condemn political hypocrisy, let us remember that it is the tribute paid by men… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Perhaps Kafka laughed when he told stories [. . . ] because one isn't always equal to oneself. — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of… — Elspeth Huxley Copy Share Image
We all are motivated by deep impulses and deep appetites to serve, even though we may not be able to locate that… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Let me formulate the artistic disposition as follows: it is reacting with one's ideal to the flaw in oneself and in the… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
So often loneliness comes from being out of touch with parts of oneself. We go searching for those parts in other people,… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
According to the spirit of this age, the ultimate sin is no longer the failure to honor and thank God but the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one's feelings. — Fernand Pouillon Copy Share Image
To live is to be among men, and to be among men is to struggle, a struggle not only with them but… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Concerning all acts of iniative and creation, there is one elementary truth- that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves,… — W. H. Murray Copy Share Image
