Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love. — Baruch Spinoza
To sell oneself for thirty pieces of silver is an honest transaction; but to sell oneself to one s own conscience is to abandon mankind. — Arthur Koestler
Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of… — Gore Vidal
To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary. When we take away the right to an individual name, we… — Erica Jong
The older one gets the more one comes to resemble oneself. — Maurice Chevalier
Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice rather perish than make oneself hated and feared — this must some day become the highest maxim… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with… — Cyril Connolly
One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that line.… — B.K.S. Iyengar
The essence of politics is to direct oneself to the group which wields power — Steven Biko
Cant is always rather nauseating; but before we condemn political hypocrisy, let us remember that it is the tribute paid by men of leather to… — Aldous Huxley
Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself. — Andre Gide
To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it. — Andre Gide
The price of being oneself is so high and involves so much ruthlessness toward others (or what looks like ruthlessness in our duty-bound culture) that… — May Sarton
Better not be a hero than work oneself up into heroism by shouting lies. — George Santayana
Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so… — Dalai Lama
... but one loves, and when one is on the brink of death, one turns around to look backward, and one says to oneself: "I… — Alfred de Musset
To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life. — Edwin Markham
Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't feel… — Albert Camus
Chief Seattle, of the Indians that inhabited the Seattle area, wrote a wonderful paper that has to do with putting oneself in tune with the… — Joseph Campbell
It was not really possible to understand oneself, let alone another human being. — Arthur Miller
The American myth is of free will in its simple, primary sense. One can choose oneself and will oneself; and this absurdly optimistic assumption so… — John Fowles
One didn't really believe till one saw it demonstrated that giving oneself up completely to art, to emotion, to enjoyment, without planning for the future… — Edmund Wilson
To reduce the imagination to a state of slavery --even though it would mean the elimination of what is commonly called happiness --is to betray… — Andre Breton
In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day-in, day-out with people one does not… — Ruth Benedict
Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom and behold it, as… — Arnold Bennett

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