Oneself Quotes
The faithful believe that certain truths have been ‘revealed.’ The skeptics and secularists believe that truth is only to be sought by free inquiry and trial and error. Only one of those positions is dogmatic.
Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes.
Susan SontagSusan Sontag In a marshland amongst the crocodiles, there float beautiful water lilies! Even in the Hell, one can find the good and the beauty.
Mehmet Murat IldanMehmet Murat Ildan The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.
Thurgood MarshallThurgood Marshall When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
A. C. BensonA. C. Benson One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
Golda MeirGolda Meir I wonder why I’m so empathetic, why people perceive me to be so kind. I don’t want my heart to burn when there’s no one burning mine.
Renee StoneRenee Stone Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter Awareness is a blissful state, not a painful one.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav To this day, one of my proudest achievements is captaining my country.
David BeckhamDavid Beckham Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles to Christ and to the Father and to the Spirit, so that there may be unity in flesh and in spirit.
Ignatius of AntiochIgnatius of Antioch The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
Madeleine AlbrightMadeleine Albright I don’t take nothin’ from no one. I do what I wanna do. And I’m gonna do that until the day I die. And if I can’t do that, then I’ll just die.
Lil WayneLil Wayne He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
Miles DavisMiles Davis No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
Jesse JacksonJesse Jackson