Oneself Quotes

One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

One cannot deny that in former times man’s life had been one of toil and hardship. It is correct to say, therefore, that modern civilization and the progress of science have greatly improved man’s life and have brought comfort and ease in their trail.

One who cannot laugh, cannot meditate. Laughter is a certain exuberance of your energy. Meditation is the ultimate exuberance of your energy without physical action.

Sometimes life takes hold of one, carries the body along, accomplishes one’s history, and yet is not real, but leaves oneself as it were slurred over.

We can look for beauty in the mirror, but the mirror only reflects one aspect of who we are.

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good – he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad – he and the world is destroyed.

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.

If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.

It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.