Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

He does not rule us. No one can rule us. No one can rule anyone who does not first agree to the ruling." She smiled… — Meredith Ann Pierce
Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all. — Rollo May
No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. — Virginia Woolf
To be changed by ideas was pure pleasure. But to learn ideas that ran counter to values and beliefs learned at home was to place… — Bell Hooks
Fiction, because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself. — Orson Scott Card
Sometimes life takes hold of one, carries the body along, accomplishes one's history, and yet is not real, but leaves oneself as it were slurred… — D. H. Lawrence
Religion was fading into the background. He had shovelled away all the beliefs that would hamper him, had cleared the ground, and come more or… — D. H. Lawrence
There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt and the world… — Thomas Mann
Art and morality are, with certain provisos…one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of… — Iris Murdoch
If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself. — W. Somerset Maugham
I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
In places where a loved one has died, time stops for eternity. If I stand on the very spot, one says to oneself, like a… — Banana Yoshimoto
A writer who writes, ''I am alone''... can be considered rather comical. It is comical for a man to recognize his solitude by addressing a… — Maurice Blanchot
I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown,… — Fernando Pessoa
A sense of being part of the great all-inclusive life prompts us to reflect on our own place and on how we ought to live.… — Daisaku Ikeda
To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time… — Soren Kierkegaard
Even the most subjected person has moments of rage and resentment so intense that they respond, they act against. There is an inner uprising that… — Bell Hooks
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the… — Alan Watts
We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got… — C.S. Lewis
The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does… — Robert M. Pirsig
Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation. — Grant Morrison
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of… — Mother Teresa
...some people might think our lives dull and uneventful, but it does not seem so to us. ...it is not travel and adventure that make… — D.E. Stevenson
At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific. — Jan Neruda
Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment. If one recognizes the difference and… — Marisha Pessl

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