Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

To be a gentleman is to be oneself, all of a seam, on camera and off. — Murray Kempton
One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity. — Ivan Turgenev
Most people believe that the Christian commandments, e.g. to love one's neighbor as oneself, are intentionally a little too severe - like setting a clock… — Soren Kierkegaard
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. — Walter Benjamin
I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself. — Malcolm McDowell
To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its… — Thomas Sowell
When one realizes God, He grants knowledge and illumination from within; one knows it oneself. In the fullness of one's spiritual realization one will find… — Sarada Devi
This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have… — Franz Kafka
Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size… — Phylicia Rashad
In America, everybody thinks they're an entrepreneur. That's the problem. It's not a title that anybody should call oneself. — Alan Sugar
What a powerful thing to know: That one's own desires are mappable onto strangers; that what one finds in oneself will most certainly be found… — George Saunders
If one is reported as having set up camp overseas, it's as if one has made oneself unavailable. — Julian Sands
It is necessary to disassociate oneself from those who would interfere with your success in enlightenment, in your career, in your life. They are not… — Frederick Lenz
Sex is life: The act of creation in pleasure, the loss of oneself in another, the coming together of opposites in a temporary union of… — Frederick Lenz
One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the best of what… — Tom Skerritt
People like ourselves may see nothing wondrous in writing, but our anthropologists know how strange and magical it appears to a purely oral people -… — Neil Postman
It is short-sighted, not to say stupid, in the correct desire to be relevant as Christian artists in an unchristian age, to pick up the… — Calvin Seerveld
Beneath our transient physical bodies, we are made up of intelligent light. One's own body of light, the soul, is the most real part of… — Frederick Lenz
Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all. — Vance Havner
Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the… — Criss Jami
All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others. — Shantideva
All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises… — Shantideva
An unforgiving nature reflects in your face. Holding negative energy drags down the facial muscles, puckers one's frown and causes lines around the mouth. Working… — Sarah Miles
For success in training children the first condition is to become as a child oneself, but this means no assumed childishness, no condescending baby-talk that… — Ellen Key
If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those who were. — Aldous Huxley

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