Itself Quotes

2191 Itself quotes by 1729 unique authors

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. — Victor Hugo
When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide. — Victor Hugo
To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God. — Victor Hugo
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers,… — David Hume
There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find… — David Hume
Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself. — Aldous Huxley
The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability. — Thomas Huxley
Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life. — Daisaku Ikeda
Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick… — Ivan Illich
Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny. — Muhammad Iqbal
It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self. — Muhammad Iqbal
But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded… — Muhammad Iqbal
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping… — Washington Irving
Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences… — William James
People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways,… — Jesse Jackson
I'm not a model, so the idea of modelling a suit or clothes is weird in itself. — Marc Jacobs
Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral discords and nervous horrors sear the soul. — Alice James
There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my… — LeBron James
If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie. — LeBron James
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. — William James
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. — William James
Time itself comes in drops. — William James
The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us… — Karl Jaspers
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. — Thomas Jefferson
I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself. — Penn Jillette

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