Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another. — Thomas Huxley
Knowing oneself is not so much a question of discovering what is present in one's self, but rather the creation of who one wants to… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
To know oneself is the first step toward making flow a part of one's entire life. But just as there is no free lunch in… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Some individuals have developed such strong internal standards that they no longer need the opinion of others to judge whether they have performed a task… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem to… — Natalia Makarova
One of the things I like about my profession, and that I find healthy, is that one constantly has to break oneself to pieces. — Liv Ullmann
Your manner of life now is already determining your life in those years of old age and retirement, without your realizing it even, and perhaps… — Paul Tournier
We must worship in truth. Worship is not just an emotional exercise but a response of the heart built on truth about God. "The Lord… — Erwin W. Lutzer
Probably the most potent desire for a painter, an image-maker, is to see it. To see what the mind can think and imagine, to realize… — Philip Guston
Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom, and behold it (as… — Arnold Bennett
Confidence in oneself stems from the trust one has in knowledge. — Nelly Mazloum
To work effectively as an agent of change in a pluralistic society, it is necessary to be able to connect with people different from oneself. — Beverly Daniel Tatum
To bring oneself to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one… — Thomas Buckner
The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The spiritual journey does not consist of arriving at a new destination where a person gains what he did not have, or becomes what he… — Aldous Huxley
To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face, one must be able to love the meanest of all creation as oneself. — Mahatma Gandhi
Any path is only a path, and there is no affront to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart… — Carlos Castaneda
There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much. — May Sarton
One must know oneself as one is, not as one wishes to be, which is merely an ideal and therefore fictitious, unreal; it is only… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is very dangerous to go into eternity with possibilities which one has oneself prevented from becoming realities. A possibility is a hint from God.… — Soren Kierkegaard
If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Individuality doesn't just mean individualism-standing alone. It means developing one's unique gifts, and being able to share them for the enjoyment of oneself and others. — Frances Moore LappÃ©
In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy. — Theodor Reik

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