Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. — Aldous Huxley
Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking. — Aldous Huxley
When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating… — Daisaku Ikeda
Any opportunity to adorn oneself is human, and accessories are an easy way to do it. — Marc Jacobs
One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness. — Jackie Kennedy
Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent… — Carl Jung
The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that… — Franz Kafka
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. — Helen Keller
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. — Soren Kierkegaard
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself. — Soren Kierkegaard
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting. — Soren Kierkegaard
An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself. — Karl Kraus
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people. — Milan Kundera
In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Obsessional does not necessarily mean sexual obsession, not even obsession for this, or for that in particular; to be an obsessional means to find oneself… — Jacques Lacan
True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people… — R. D. Laing
We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one… — R. D. Laing
The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor… — D. H. Lawrence
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. — Bruce Lee
There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best. — Doris Lessing
How hard it is to have the beautiful interdependence of marriage and yet be strong in oneself alone. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
How one hates to think of oneself as alone. How one avoids it. It seems to imply rejection or unpopularity. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to… — Jose Marti
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. — Henri Matisse

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