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“To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.”
“Well, you can say there is a self driving car. I'm seeing the automation of vehicles. Really, computer-assisted driving. I think that is really interesting to us because we are taking all of the se...”
“The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are wha...”
“If I can be my crazy, wild self in front of a person, and he still likes me, that's romantic.”
“Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.”
“The completely solitary self: that's where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also.”
“Anger can be a useful emotion; it's built into our genetic code to help with self preservation. But it can also be destructive, even when it is justified.”
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.”
“Autoimmunity is probably the next frontier. The majority of cases of autoimmune disease result from a complex genetic problem that has environmental influences. It is a colossal task for the immune...”
“A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment and pathology.”
“Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.”
“Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault dear Brutus is not in our stars But in ourselves that we are underlings.”
“Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control - these three alone lead to sovereign power.”
“There are limits to self-indulgence none to self-restraint.”
“The important thing is not what they think of me it is what I think of them.”
“I think Dostoevsky was right that every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture where he says this is me and the damned world can go to hell.”
“O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us. It wad frae money a blunder free us And foolish notion.”
“Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors or to see themselves as others see them.”
“Self-command is the main elegance.”
“I am better than my reputation.”
