Identity Quote by Karl Marx

“avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“You will fear the one you have contempt for. There is contempt for a snake, a tiger; that is why you are fearful (of…

— Dada Bhagwan

A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent in his breast. If…

— Symeon the New Theologian

“I've wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but I still love life. That ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most pernicious inclinations.…

— Voltaire

Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.

— Eric Hoffer

“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Hate carries venom, and is therefore destroyed by its own poison. Love carries virtue, and is therefore rewarded by its own goodness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“when the serpent breathed the poison of his pride, the desire to be as God, into the hearts of our first parents, that they…

— Andrew Murray

“We must abide in Christ moment by moment, realizing that without His empowering presence the serpent of self-sufficiency will strike us, infecting us with…

— Steve McVey

“I soon understood self-hatred to mean an internalized, though not necessarily conscious, loathing of one's recognizable group markings that culminates either in quasi-pathological efforts…

— Philip Roth

“You love yourself and you are happy, and what you perceive as self-loathing and misery are really outside of you.”

— Bryant McGill

“Unreasonable self-criticism represents a form of self-hatred and fear.”

— Bryant McGill