Oneself Quotes

For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another.

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.

True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one’s companion.

The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.

If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.