Thyself Quotes
296 quotes by 174 authors
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That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts,…
— Marcus Aurelius
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The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an…
— Adam Smith
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It does seem to me, that herein we see the rare virtue of a strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick walls, and…
— Herman Melville
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One has to know the size of one's stomach.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies, Thyself thy foe, to…
— William Shakespeare
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ROMEO There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murders in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not…
— William Shakespeare
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To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.
— L. Frank Baum
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The old order changeth yielding place to new And God fulfills himself in many ways Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. Comfort thyself:…
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun; Thyself from thine affection Takest warmth enough, and from thine eye All lesser birds will take their…
— John Donne
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You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself.
— Don DeLillo
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Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that…
— Herman Melville
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You are right,†he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.†That…
— Pearl S. Buck
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Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.
— Oscar Wilde
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‎"Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial
— Marcus Aurelius
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The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17). You have…
— Boyd K. Packer
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If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.
— George S. Clason
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God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor…
— Julian of Norwich
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Thou art a dreaming thing, A fever of thyself.
— John Keats
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The Revelation of Sonmi 451 To be is to be perceived, and so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of the other.…
— David Mitchell
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I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.
— Lois McMaster Bujold
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