Conversation Quote by Baltasar Gracian

There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly to listen…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To speak of oneself means to lay bare one's own soul, expose it like a body to the sun. To lay bare one's own…

— Oriana Fallaci

Productive work, love and thought are possible only if a person can be, when necessary, quiet and alone. To be able to listen to…

— Erich Fromm

When you talk to yourself, at least you know that someone is listening.

— Craig Bruce

When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my…

— J. C. Chandor

We often talk to ourselves in ways that we would never let a stranger or even a friend talk to us.

— John Spence

Sometimes we talk to ourselves because its hard for others to understand.

— Anonymous

“When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

When people talk about others, I can hear them speak about themselves.

— Anonymous

“If we are unable to tolerate ourselves when we are alone, how can we expect anyone else to be enriched by our company? Before…

— Gerald Corey

We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or madness; we…

— Teju Cole