Oneself Quotes

This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.

One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.

How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.

This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.

No matter how many times people try to criticize you, the best revenge is to prove them wrong.

While the parts change, the whole always remains the same. For every thief who departs this world, a new one is born. And every decent person who passes away is replaced by a new one. In this way not only does nothing remain the same but also nothing ever really changes.

If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours.

I let you go like blowing the seeds from a dandelion – with one last wish.

One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.

One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one’s ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.