1,328 quotes found
“We are free up to the point of choice then the choice controls the chooser.”
“I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking what I'm looking at what I see and what it means what I want and what I fear.”
“To be born free is an accident to live free a responsibility to die free is an obligation.”
“Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing. They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.”
“The best bet is to bet on yourself.”
“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”
“Do for yourself or do without.”
“No one can figure out your worth but you.”
“Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan but to have any meaning or viability at all a life plan must include intimate relationships.”
“The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life whether the case be one of coolish baked beans or an unrequited affection.”
“For the great benefits of our being- our life health and reason-we look upon ourselves.”
“There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.”
“I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.”
“A secure individual... knows that the responsibility for anything concerning his life remains with himself-and he accepts that responsibility.”
“He who knows himself best esteems himself least.”
“An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.”
“We're all in this together ... alone.”
“Thales was asked what was most difficult to man he answered: "To know one's self."”
“No one can really pull you up very high-you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains.”
“Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.”
