Oneself Quotes - Page 2

To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do.

One can run away from anything but oneself.

The will to be oneself is heroism

Art has to be severe. It cannot be commercial. It cannot be for the producer or even for the public. It has to be for oneself.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Faith in oneself unlocks those hidden powers that all of us have, but that so few of us use.

To be oneself is a rare thing, and a great one.

The point is not to direct someone, but to direct oneself.

In art one is usually totally alone with oneself.

To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia.

...wherever one is, some part of oneself remains on another continent.

The greatest victory is the one over oneself.

One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others.

It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible.

To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself.

What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.

The essence of politics is to direct oneself to the group which wields power

Guard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.

... one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.

To harm another is to harm oneself

Florida isn't so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is a place where one goes if one no longer wished to be found.

To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.