Oneself Quotes
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The one thing that fills me with enthusiasm is to try, despite everything, to get nearer to those visions that seem so hard to express.
Alberto GiacomettiAlberto Giacometti A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
HerodotusHerodotus I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.
F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.
Harper LeeHarper Lee Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.
Alan WattsAlan Watts To be honest, I’ve only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.
Shawn MendesShawn Mendes One’s existence should be in two parts: one should live like a bourgeois and think like a demigod.
Gustave FlaubertGustave Flaubert God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
A. C. BensonA. C. Benson See how the light tenderly love the apricots, it takes them over completely, enters into their pulp, light them from all sides! But it is miserly with the peaches and light only one side of them.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Many leaves one tree.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi See no one loves you more than me and no one ever will.
Lauryn HillLauryn Hill