Oneself Quotes

Choose your battles one way or another. The world is overwhelming af already.

It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.

Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.

The truth is that in my job, becoming old and becoming extinct are one and the same thing.

Anybody who perceives colors can become a painter. It’s simply a question of whether or not one has felt anything and whether one has the courage to recount the things one has felt.

The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

One’s not half two. It’s two are halves of one.