The essence of politics is to direct oneself to the group which wields power — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The place one's in, though, doesn't make any contribution to peace of mind: it's the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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
Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself. — Walter Bonatti Copy Share Image
Resenting the obtuseness of others is not good ground for shooting oneself in the foot. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
A journey may be long or short, but it must start at the very spot one finds oneself. — Jim Stovall Copy Share Image
A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
Photographing expresses human desire to preserve passing time. It is like a man struggling with time that elapses, and in general -… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
Education is ... the invitation to disentangle oneself, for a time, from the urgencies of the here and now and to listen… — Michael Joseph Oakeshott Copy Share Image
If you kill me, you kill yourself." [...] He only wanted to convey to Janegg the truth of ahimsa, which is that… — David Zindell Copy Share Image
To look for total satisfaction in oneself is a futile endeavor. Since everything changes from moment to moment, where can self and… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
Love is the productive form of relatedness to others and to oneself. It implies responsibility, care, respect. If it isn't productive and… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
One must not love oneself so much, as to avoid getting involved in the risks of life that history demands of us,… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
“Each time we cast our view toward distances that have not yet been touched, we transform not only the present moment and… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
To a greater or lesser extent there goes on in every person a struggle between two forces: the longing for privacy and… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Those who allow themselves to be led by the Spirit understand that placing oneself at the service of the Gospel is not… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The man, or the boy, in his development is psychologically deterred from incorporating serving characteristics by an easily observable fact: there are… — Jean Baker Miller Copy Share Image
Thought is not what inhabits a certain conduct and gives it its meaning; rather, it is what allows one to step back… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“Any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
The frequent employment of one's will power masters all organs of movement and trains them to perform feats which otherwise would have… — George Hackenschmidt Copy Share Image
“But there is no doubt that to attempt a novel of ideas is to give oneself a handicap: the parochialism of our… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time. — Evita Peron Copy Share Image
Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories. — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
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