Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

It takes loneliness in oneself to recognize it in another. — Aimee Carter
Sometimes it is painful to be oneself; at other times it seems impossible to escape oneself. — James Franco
A play presents a self-enclosed little world for the audience to examine. It's an opportunity to look objectively at a group of people, to assess… — Wallace Shawn
Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is… — Bruce Lee
A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible. — Bruce Lee
Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding. — Bruce Lee
I sometimes wonder if the inability to find oneself makes one seek oneself in other people, in characters. — Unknown Author
The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worst part of oneself. — Patrick McGoohan
Real elegance is simply a true encounter with oneself. — Carole Bouquet
While the wordÂ charityÂ connotes a single act of giving,Â justiceÂ speaks to right living, of aligning oneself with the world in a way that… — Rachel Held Evans
Traveling provides occasions for shaking oneself up but not, as people believe, freedom. Indeed it involves a kind of reduction: deprived of oneâ€™s usual setting,… — Nicolas Bouvier
Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become human. — Andre Comte-Sponville
This is what happened when one left one's home - pieces of oneself scattered all over the world, no one place ever completely satisfied, always… — Tatjana Soli
Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionarys life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a… — Angela Davis
Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach.… — Arne Jacobsen
I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for… — Tadao Ando
But I do think the idea that basic cooking skills are a virtue, that the ability to feed yourself and a few others with proficiency… — Anthony Bourdain
To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to being tortured. For being God means that one is in… — Georges Bataille
The mechanism that directs government cannot be virtuous, because it is impossible to thwart every crime, to protect oneself from every criminal without being criminal… — Marquis de Sade
A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die. — Bernard Berenson

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