Oneself Quotes

I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.

The drive for power is not uncommonly motivated by this dynamic. One’s own fear and sense of limitation is avoided by enlarging oneself and one’s sphere of control.

The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring.

To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.

But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.

What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?

But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

The secret story is the one we’ll never know, although we’re living it from day to day, thinking we’re alive, thinking we’ve got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn’t matter.