Doe Quote by Edmond de Goncourt

Any man who has any sense of his individuality lives by his own love, by his own work, without caring at all what others…

— Anonymous

A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others…

— Criss Jami

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for…

— Plato

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

— Thomas a Kempis

Someone who does not draw strength from himself and who is incapable of finding the meaning of his life within himself will...seek the map…

— Vaclav Havel

Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he…

— Blaise Pascal

The unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so.

— David Hume

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.

— Joseph Butler

A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him

— François De La Rochefoucauld

An impractical man--which he not only seems to be, but really is--will always be unreliable and unpredictable in his dealings with others. He will…

— Robert Musil

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

— Arthur Keith

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky