Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
Let me know myself; let others guess at me.
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.
Some kinds of animals burrow in the ground; others do not. Some animals are nocturnal, as the owl and the bat; others use the hours of daylight. There are tame animals and wild animals. Man and the mule are always tame; the leopard and the wolf are invariably wild, and others, as the elephant, are easily tamed.
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.
By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.
Wind energy threatens golden eagles, bald eagles, burrowing owls, red-tailed hawks, Swainson’s hawks, American kestrels, white-tailed kites, peregrine falcons, and prairie falcons, among many others.
I am my own man now; I can think for myself, whereas when I was 20, 21, I always wanted to please others.
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.
When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.
Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.
An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting.
There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others.
It’s that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so ‘don’t fuss, dear; get on with it.’
When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us.
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
It’s challenging to take on something else that is not you and make it very real and have others be able to associate with it. It’s wonderful to provoke thought.
I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.
Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.
Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him.
Many people have the heart to give back, but a lot don’t know how to. I try to be the bridge for those people – whether that means getting them involved in one of my campaigns or inspiring them by showing them a blueprint of how to get others engaged.
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others.
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love, and avoid others, like loneliness. We eat specific foods to enjoy their fleeting presence on our tongues. We read for the pleasure of thinking another person’s thoughts.
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.
I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large – especially this world, so brutal and unjust. I cannot make these wrenching personal life and death decisions for others – nor do I believe they should be made by a church run by childless men.
We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account.
In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.
Others have said it before me. If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu. And so it is important that we have women in the United States Senate – strong women, women who are there to help advance an agenda that is important to women.
The most important service to others is service to those who are not like yourself.
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
I’m not sure what you need first – the players believing or others believing in them – but in the end, both have to think it.
Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.
Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.
Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.
The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.
Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
Life seeks life and loves life. The opening of a catkin of a willow, in the flight of the butterfly, in the chirping of a tree-toad or the sweep of an eagle – my life loves to see how others live, exults in their joy, and so far is partner in their great concern.
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
Disagreement does not necessarily have to be overcome. It may remain an important and constitutive feature of our relations to others and also be seen as something that is merely to be expected in the light of the best explanations we have of how such disagreement arises.
