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Oneself Quotes (page 7)

Mother Teresa quote: "One truly must have suffered oneself to help others."
One truly must have suffered oneself to help others. Mother Teresa
Scott Adams quote: "Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is..."
Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams
I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some kind of a Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer. Henri Matisse
Franz Kafka quote: "It's impossible to defend oneself in the absence of goodwill"
It's impossible to defend oneself in the absence of goodwill Franz Kafka
One is only really inwardly comfortable, so to speak, after one's life has assumed some sort of shape. Not just a routine, like studying or a job or being a housewife, but something more complete than all those, which would include goals set by oneself and a circle of life-time type friends. I think this is one of the hardest things to achieve, in fact often just trying doesn't achieve it but rather it seems to develop almost by accident. Jessica Mitford
Agatha Christie quote: "One must have consideration for those less gifted than..."
One must have consideration for those less gifted than oneself. - Hercuule Poirot Agatha Christie
To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness Erich Fromm
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom."What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant that we can all enjoy them...Happiness doesn't lie in the objects we gather around us. To find it, all we need to do is open our eyes. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
It's very soon done, sir, isn't it?' inquired Mr. Folair of the collector, leaning over the table to address him. What is soon done, sir?' returned Mr. Lillyvick. The tying up, the fixing oneself with a wife,' replied Mr. Folair. 'It don't take long, does it?' No, sir,' replied Mr. Lillyvick, colouring. 'It does not take long. And what then, sir?' Oh! nothing,' said the actor. 'It don't take a man long to hang himself, either, eh? Ha, ha! Charles Dickens
When considering marriage one should ask oneself this question; 'will I be able to talk with this person into old age?' Everything else is transitory, the most time is spent in conversation. Bertrand Russell
What is to be done? There was no solution, but the universal solution which life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insoluble. The answer is: one must live in the needs of the day - that is, forget oneself. Leo Tolstoy
It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running. It's easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement. It's simple to seek substitutes for competence--such easy substitutes: love, charm, kindness, charity. But there is... Ayn Rand
Anton Chekhov quote: "To torment and tantalize oneself with hopes of possible..."
To torment and tantalize oneself with hopes of possible fortune is so sweet, so thrilling! Anton Chekhov
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always..."
If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself. W. Somerset Maugham
to read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another, from one action to another, from one level of a text to another. The text unveils itself before us, but never allows itself to be possessed; and instead of trying to possess it we should take pleasure in its teasing David Lodge

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