Quotes About Self

Pierre looked into the sky, into the depths of the retreating, twinkling stars. "And all this is mine, and all this is in me, and all this is me!" thought Pierre. "And all this they've caught and put in a shed and boarded it up!

A man is never such an egotist as at moments of spiritual ecstasy. At such times it seems to him that there is nothing on earth more splendid and interesting than himself.

Stepan Arkadyevitch had not chosen his political opinions or his views; these political opinions and views had come to him of themselves, just as he did not choose the shapes of his hat and coat, but simply took those that were being worn.

He felt himself, and did not want to be anyone else. All he wanted now was to be better than before.

If a man decides that it is better for him to resist the demands of a present feeble love, in the name of another, of a future manifestation, he deceives either himself or other people, and loves no one but himself. Future love does not exist. Love is a present activity only. The man who does not manifest love in the present has not love.

If you feel that you are not free, look for the reason inside you.

How is this revolution to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself

I can't live except by my own heart.

If a person does not believe himself capable of doing the best things in the world, then he starts to create the worst things.

In the depths of his heart Vasili Andreevich knew that it could not yet be near morning, but he was growing more and more afraid, and wished both to get to know and yet to deceive himself.

What am I? And where am I? And why am I here?

in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself.

You are in despair, because you wish to live for your own happiness.

The Kingdom of God is Within You, which in turn influenced such twentieth-century figures

Decision it was only necessary for him to concentrate his attention for a few moments and the spirit moved him, and the best possible decision presented itself as though an inner voice had told him what to do.

Once there is no freedom, there is no man

The ideal is within you, and the obstacle to reaching this ideal is also within you. You already possess all the material from which to create your ideal self. —THOMAS CARLYLE

A man is never such an egotist as at moments of spiritual ecstasy. At

con amor siempre se es feliz, puesto que la felicidad está en uno mismo. Egor

He felt himself and did not want to be anyone else. All he wanted now was to be better than he had been before.

The Bund (Jewish) is free not to trust the party, but it cannot expect the party to vote no confidence in its own self.

Value time!!! It's only when we lack time for ourselves that we start valuing it.

One of the cheapest commodities in the world is unfulfilled genius. All of us want to be known as a unique individual, the one who broke out of the pack. So, you offer yourself up as a sacrifice and what you're afraid of is losing and being thrown back into the pack. One question taunts you. Do you want to have, or do you want to be?

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.