Oneself Quotes

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.

It takes loneliness in oneself to recognize it in another.

Whatever one is creating, one has to stick to one’s guns and just do it. That is all. Put your foot down and do not let your work be compromised.

One comprehends oneself in order not to be preoccupied with oneself.

I think I’ve done well in all. It’s important to keep doing something different and reinvent oneself to avoid stagnation from creeping in.

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.

Over one’s mind and over one’s body the individual is sovereign.

There are ultimately two choices in life: to fight it or to embrace it. If you fight it you will lose – if you embrace it you become one with it and you’ll be lived.