Quotes About Self

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

The argument that a particular project will be "self-financing" is usually the first refuge of politicians defending the indefensible.

I gave him a smile. I was aiming for sweet, but he turned a shade paler and scooted a bit farther from me. Note to self: work more on sweet and less on psycho-killer. "Since

Your ego would survive an apocalypse." "Thank you." "It wasn't a compliment." "It was to me.

If I compromise on this, soon I'll compromise on other things and then I won't be me anymore.

Love and hate are both means of emotional control to which we subject ourselves. Once you were done with me, you'd want to be free of the pain of betrayal. Absolutely free.

I'm more than the sum of my physical parts.

The admiration vibrated in his voice and suddenly she was intensely jealous of herself.

The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.

Habe den Mut, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen.

It is not without cause that men feel the burden of their existence, though they are themselves the cause of those burdens.

Wir erkennen von den Dingen a priori nur das, was wir selbst in sie hineingelegt haben.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: Vemos las cosas, no como son, sino como somos nosotros (Kant)

There can be only one reason why we must do what duty demands, and that is that we demand it of ourselves.

iI Tempo non è altro che la forma dell'intuizione di noi stessi e del nostro stato interno

Però per què em dius tot això? Jo odio el meu passat! L'odio! - Perquè ell és tu i tu ets ell.

Come sempre, quando si attende la morte di qualcuno che non è necessario alla propria esistenza, al proprio respiro, si pensa più a se stessi che alla persona in fin di vita.

Für sich selbst eine Ausnahme zu machen ist natürlich die Regel.

Violence is born of the desire to escape oneself.

Sometimes I felt I would die by wishing it when I went to sleep but I always woke up again and found I was still there. Every morning finding I'm still me, that's hell. Well, get out of hell then! The gate's open and I'm holding it! I can't. I'm hell, myself.

But to be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right.

He also wanted to destroy something, everything, perhaps himself.

Anywhere is dangerous if you carry danger with you.