Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

Until one acknowledges the genius within oneself, one will have great difficulty recognizing it in others. — David R. Hawkins
Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the… — Bodhidharma
The hero's will is not that of his ancestors nor of his society, but his own. This will to be oneself is heroism. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Liberating oneself from the addiction of consumerism and careerism promotes inner peace. — David Shi
The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery. — Norman Douglas
It is not about which artist is more skilled than which other artist. It is about creating what is in you to create. A lack… — Derek R. Audette
There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that… — Laozi
To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds, or… — Leo Tolstoy
One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes… — Emile Chartier
Life is one long struggle to disinter oneself, to keep one's head above the accumulations, the ever deepening layers of objects ... which attempt to… — Rose Macaulay
The desire to belong is partly a desire to lose oneself. — Eric Hoffer
It is essential... that discipline should not be practised like a rule imposed on oneself from the outside, but that it becomes an expression of… — Erich Fromm
The final mystery is oneself... Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul. — Oscar Wilde
I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that smile largely depends on one's own attitude.… — Dalai Lama
Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is a 'me,' which… — Dalai Lama
It isn't an easy job to paint oneself - at any rate if it is to be different from a photograph. And you see -… — Vincent Van Gogh
Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure. — Bertrand Russell
Keep braiding one's wavelengths back into oneself. That way they gain all the more external power and surround us with a huge affective and protective… — Jean Cocteau
I realized that one cannot reveal oneself without mannerism, without some evident trace of one's personality. But all the same one should not go too… — Georges Braque
In order to give meaning to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what he frames. This attitude requires concentration, a discipline of… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Painting, especially much better than words, allows oneself to express the various stages of thought, including the deeper levels, the underground stages of the mental… — Claes Oldenburg
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. — George Meredith
There are essential and inessential insanities... Inessential insanities get one in trouble with oneself. Essential insanities get one in trouble with others. It's always preferable… — Tom Robbins

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