Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all… — Anna Freud
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. — Sigmund Freud
Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content… — Sigmund Freud
Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self. — Erich Fromm
I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself. — Stephen Fry
Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity! — Paul Gauguin
It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. — Graham Greene
An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type. — Stanislav Grof
Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with… — Sloane Crosley
Cohabitation seems a greater leap in cities because it's all the harder to extract oneself if things turn sour. It's what keeps otherwise functional adults… — Sloane Crosley
There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable… — Guy Debord
A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for… — Evan Davis
Love is understood, in a historical way, as one of the great human vocations - but its counterspell has always been infidelity. This terrible, terrible… — Junot Diaz
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. — Marlene Dietrich
One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human. — Loren Eiseley
In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself. — Albert Einstein
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse… — Epictetus
Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food. — Joseph Epstein
Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in… — Richard Eyre
The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it. — Vaclav Havel
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself… — Edward Hoagland
Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself. — Eric Hoffer
I think the healthy way to live is to make friends with the beast inside oneself, and that means not the beast but the shadow.… — Anthony Hopkins

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