Art Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

He who is dissatisfied with himself is continually ready for revenge and we others will be his victims, if only in having always to…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by means of…

— Anonymous

A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.

— Luc de Clapiers

“Whether people are beautiful and friendly or unattractive and disruptive, ultimately they are human beings, just like oneself. Like oneself, they want happiness and…

— Dalai Lama XIV

A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never…

— William Penn

“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and…

— Adam Smith

Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“There is plenty of misery in the world, all right, but there is ample pleasure, as well. If a person forswears pleasure in order…

— Tom Robbins

“A developed and decent man cannot be vain without a boundless exactingness towards himself and without despising himself at moments to the point of…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he…

— Thomas à Kempis

He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks…

— Moshe Safdie

Every satisfaction he attains lays the seeds of some new desire, so that there is no end to the wishes of each individual will.

— Arthur Schopenhauer