Oneself Quotes

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.

It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far.

One should make morals judgements for oneself.

Only by taking responsibility for oneself, to the greatest extent possible, can one ever be free, and only a free person can make responsible choices - between right and wrong, saving and spending, giving or taking.

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

When you are not treated seriously, you develop comically. Its sense of oneself is so fractured and fragile that it's like the picked-on kid who has to become funny.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

How one can live without being able to judge oneself, criticize what one has accomplished, and still enjoy what one does, is unimaginable to me.

To live is to feel oneself lost.