Oneself Quotes

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

The one self- knowledge worth having is to know one’s own mind.

It’s not bringing in the new ideas that’s so hard; it’s getting rid of the old ones.

It is quite clear that the German and Chinese revolutions in case of victory would have changed the face of Europe and Asia, and perhaps of the whole world.

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.

It is no use lying to one’s self.

Perhaps Kafka laughed when he told stories [. . . ] because one isn’t always equal to oneself.

To see one’s goal and to drive toward it, steeling one’s heart, is most uplifting.

Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all.

Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.