1,328 quotes found
“Egotism: the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.”
“Every one is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.”
“I have come back again to where I belong not an enchanted place but the walls are strong.”
“He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won't encounter many rivals.”
“There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self.”
“It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself but the most inconvenient one too.”
“To know oneself one should assert oneself.”
“If you can't bite don't show your teeth.”
“Know him know me.”
“Man who man would be must rule the empire of himself.”
“No man does anything from a single motive.”
“Nobody can honestly think of himself as a strong character because however successful he may be in overcoming them he is necessarily aware of the doubts and temptations that accompany every impor...”
“There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.”
“We carry with us the wonders we seek without us.”
“Whatever you may be sure of be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people.”
“What the collective age wants allows and approves is the perpetual holiday from the self.”
“All life is the struggle the effort to be itself. The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities my capacities.”
“When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.”
“My closest relation is myself.”
“I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself and not by borrowing.”
