217 Oneself Quotes for You to Enjoy

Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit. John Grierson

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I feel very lucky, and the work that I do doesn't depend on much. If your vision's still good, and your hands - I have no arthritis in my hands, and I play the piano very easily - I don't think there's any reason to deprive oneself of the fun of working. Music is so rewarding. John Williams

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Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food. Joseph Epstein

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Prayer provides an opportunity to remind oneself of how one should be living, our responsibilities to others, our own failings, and our relative good fortune, should we have it. This is, I think, a pretty worthwhile practice and it is not something you can only do if you believe you are talking to an unseen creator. Julian Baggini

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An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself. Karl Kraus

Feeling Birth Oneself Idea Catching Legitimate

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty. Lance Loud

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There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. Liberty Hyde Bailey

Happiness Dream Oneself Excellence Without Labor Cannot Either Usefulness

The poet is primarily a spokesman, making statements or incantations on behalf of himself or others - usually for both, for it is difficult to speak for oneself without speaking for others or to speak for others without speaking for oneself. Louis MacNeice

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I've tried it all. I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself. Malcolm McDowell

Love Think Everything Tried Oneself Open Limit Should Radio Plays

And there isn't any way that one can get rid of the guilt of having a nice body by saying that one can serve society with it, because that would end up with oneself as what? There simply doesn't seem to be any moral place for flesh. Margaret Drabble

One of the beautiful things about Tyler Durden in 'Fight Club' is that he seems to understand the implicit vanity and self-absorption that comes with the desire to improve oneself. Mark Manson

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The older one gets the more one comes to resemble oneself. Maurice Chevalier

Older Oneself More Gets Resemble

Nothing is harder than to accept oneself. Max Frisch

Nothing Oneself Accept Than Harder

There is only one instrument which is adequate to investigate the things of the spirit, and that is the Spirit itself. Just as it is necessary to train a man for scientific research in the physical world, so also is a long and slow process required to fit oneself for investigation of the spiritual world. Max Heindel

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When at a loss about something, go and take counsel by yourself. For in the midst of shouting, the advantageous course is not to be seen, but as one reasons with oneself, it shines out clear. Menander

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Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself. Michael Korda

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It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others. Nathalie Sarraute

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One of the things that evangelicals do really, really well is to make giving a joyous, social enterprise. Too often, the world sees giving as a burden, a sacrifice, when in fact it's more like an opportunity to help others and oneself at the same time. Nicholas Kristof

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I don't like the idea of being connected to the world all the time. One should have space and time for oneself. Nithya Menen

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I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing oneself is choice, options, seeking out the proper choices. Padgett Powell

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One must keep challenging oneself to do well in any profession. Parvathy

Must Oneself Well Any Profession Keep Challenging

Part of the satisfaction of tattling surely comes from showing oneself to adults as a good moral agent, a responsible being who is sensitive to right and wrong. But I would bet that children would tattle even if they could do so only anonymously. They would do it just to have justice done. Paul Bloom

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