Mengistu does not understand the meaning of self-determination, either historically or in the abstract. He cannot conceive of a nation as anything bu….

The minds that rise and become really great are never self-satisfied, but still continue to strive..

When you start to crack open, don't waste a moment gathering your old self up into something like you knew before. Let your new self splash like sunl….

And yes, there definitely are many good desires. For example, without the desire for food we would not stay alive. It is when our desire becomes an….

There's so many bigger things in the world. The art world is such a tiny little thing compared to wars and migration crises. It's weird to be self-ab….

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name..

Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed..

Modern Man is the victim of the very instruments he values most. Every gain in power, every mastery of natural forces, every scientific addition to k….

With Midway as the turning point, the fortunes of war appeared definitely to shift from our own to the Allied side. The defeat taught us many lessons….

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle..

It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute..

There is one further distinguishing characteristic of man which is very specific indeed and about which there can be no dispute, and that is the facu….

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography..

You begin to fly when you let go of self-limiting beliefs and allow your mind and aspirations to rise to greater heights..

Self-government means self support..

Self-righteousness exclaims, "I will not be saved in God's way; I will make a new road to heaven; I will not bow before God's grace; I will not accep….

It is human defect — to try to know oneself by the self of another..

Thousands of miles of wheat, indifference, and self- apology..

self-interest usually brings injustice with it..

My default is self-destruction, and anything on top of that is a bloody lot of work..

Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for othe….