True individuality is the repose arising from the relation of a self to all it has to do with. Bad individuality has in it a separation between outwa….
Politics is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, and somebody must attend to it if we are to have self-government; somebody must stu….
One can develop new capacities and strengths with which to meet the natural vicissitudes of living; that one may gain a sense of inner peace through ….
A modest dose of self-love is entirely healthy - who would want to live in a world where everyone hated themselves? But taken too far it soon becomes….
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….
At least once a year, I imagine that I am about to die. Looking back as truthfully as I can at my entire life, I give full attention to the things I ….
Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint..
With our sense of self out of the the way we are liberated from doubt and insecurity..
I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion..
The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest!.
My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible..
She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself..
If you think that you are where you are just because you worked hard, it is easy to become self-righteous and make classist moral judgments about oth….
Always have a plan and believe in it. I tell my coaches not to compromise. Nothing good happens by accident. There must be a plan for everything and ….
I had opportunities to play with other people and give my self some sort of security, but for some reason I wanted to play solo and just put it out t….
In love, there is a total acceptance of self, and a willingness to give of self without an expectation of receiving anything in return. When you love….
No one can tear your thread out of himself. No one can tie you down or set you free..
How many times have I failed before? How many times have I stood here like this, in front of my own image, in front of my own person, trying to convi….
nostalgia, underlying cosmological explanation for Weak but detectable interaction between two neighboring universes that are otherwise not causally ….
Life is, to some extent, an extended dialogue with your future self about how exactly you are going to let yourself down over the coming years..
Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument..