The supreme blossoming of character lies (or reside) in renounciation (or renuncement) and abnegation of self ("abnégation de soi", Fr.).
To become a token woman - whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters - is to become something less than….
When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us..
I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-eff….
Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes..
Unless we learn the lesson of self-appreciation and practice it, we shall spend our lives imitating other people and deprecating ourselves..
Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed ethics. This is why, when pressed….
Meaning that is self-made is in the last analysis no meaning. Meaning, that is, the ground on which our existence as a totality can stand and live, c….
... photography, like all camera-made images such as film and video, effaces the marks of its making (and maker) at the click of a shutter. A photogr….
No matter what, I need to maintain my sense of self and always be true to who I am..
Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of real….
You have to listen to your own voice. Not your heart, not your instincts, not any of that self-permissive psycho-babble stuff. No, none of that. If i….
When managers overdo micromanaging of others, they probably hired the wrong people or failed to give them a clear idea of what each one is to accompl….
A companion is but another self; wherefore it is an argument that a man is wicked if he keep company with the wicked..
It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue forever. And life had to act also as if little iss….
I knew that I would have to be brave. Not foolhardy, not in love with risk and danger, not making ridiculous exhibitions of myself to prove that I wa….
Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer canno….
Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. ….
The natural life in each of us is something self-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit….
Self-justification is a treacherous servant..
Self-discipline is doing what you know you should do when you don't want to do it..