Oneself Quotes
This was no friendship, to forsake your friend, To promise your support and at the end Abandon him-this was sheer treachery. Friend follows friend to hell and blasphemy- When sorrow comes one’s true friends are found; In times of joy ten thousand gather round.
Farid al-Din AttarFarid al-Din Attar No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?
StendhalStendhal He doesn’t yearn for a better, different life than the one he has – because he knows he’s got a home in this one.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
William Jennings BryanWilliam Jennings Bryan One has to be fully committed to one’s career. Otherwise, there’s no point.
Lata MangeshkarLata Mangeshkar Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
ZhuangziZhuangzi There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
Jack LondonJack London A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one’s relationship with the spiritual master.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami One’s better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one’s own. In fact it’s a terrible business and the task is a hard one.
Claude MonetClaude Monet No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
LivyLivy Acts have their being in the witness. Without him who can speak of it? In the end one could even say that the act is nothing, the witness all.
Cormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.
Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen