Quotes About Self

You are the knife I turn inside myself; that is love. That, my dear, is love" - Letters to Milena

There was always something in me to catch fire, in this heap of straw that I have been.

You wouldn't believe the kind of person I could become if you wanted it.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

Wenn man einmal das Böse bei sich aufgenommen hat, verlangt es nicht mehr, daß man ihm glaube.

Everyone carries a room about inside him.

Yesterday evening during a walk every little street noise, every glance directed at me, every photograph in a display case was more important to me than I was.

DEAR NEPHEW,    As you will already have realized during our much too brief companionship, I am essentially a man of principle. That is unpleasant and depressing not only to those who come in contact with me, but also to myself as well. Yet it is my principles that have made me what I am, and no one can ask me to deny my fundamental self. Not even you, my dear nephew.

Beni hayal k?r?kl???na u?ratan benden ba?kas? de?il.

So now you know what else existed in the world outside of you, before you knew only about yourself!

I am free, that is why I am lost.

Dentro de mim próprio não há, sem relações humanas, mentiras visíveis. O círculo limitado é puro.

I am free and that's why I am lost

since I was truly a disinherited son, I naturally enough became unsure about what was nearest to me – my own body.

I can't fashion myself into a different person who might be better suited to be his friend.

you are the knife I turn inside myself, this is love.

You are the knife I turn inside myself

And so long as you say 'one' instead of 'I,' there's nothing in it and one can easily tell the story; but as soon as you admit to yourself that it is yourself you feel as though transfixed and horrified.

The bony structure of his own forehead blocks his way; he batters himself bloody against his own forehead.

Jeder Mensch trägt ein Zimmer in sich.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

I am very proud of my name. My full name is Richard Treat Williams.

I tried not to focus on the fact that I'm playing Venus Williams and tried to focus on myself. To show that I'm Sofia Kenin is obviously the cherry on top.