Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape.
Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.
Obama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak.
A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds – one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience.
When a man is extremely lonely, he starts discovering himself.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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.
It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted, for how can he bring himself to believe in the divinity of – another Jew?
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.
The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.
For Trump, success always has a single father – himself. Failure has a hundred – everyone and anyone else. The media. The Democrats. The ‘deep state.’ Disloyal staffers. Prosecutors. Judges. Anyone who doesn’t do his bidding or sufficiently sing his praises.
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.
If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.
No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
That person has to be accountable for himself. I think that’s what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone else’s life.
He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.
Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.
A leader who confines his role to his people’s experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people’s experience runs the risk of not being understood.
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.
He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.
A man’s true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.
We are in the society of the teacher-judge, the doctor-judge, the educator-judge, the ‘social-worker’-judge; it is on them that the universal reign of the normative is based; and each individual, wherever he may find himself, subjects to it his body, his gestures, his behavior, his aptitudes, his achievements.
The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.
We need to make sure that there’s art in the school. Why? Why should art be in the school? Because if art isn’t in a school, then a guy like Steve Jobs doesn’t get a chance to really express himself because in order for art to meet technology, you need art.
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.
We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Anyone who makes time frames beyond tomorrow probably isn’t pushing himself hard enough.
Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
A true artist is one who, even after doing a lot, he reminds himself that he hasn’t done anything.
Part of the popularity with Louis Farrakhan has less to do with the content of his message and more to do with the form that he portrays himself – as being a free black person who speaks what is on his mind with boldness and fearlessness. Who is willing to pay the consequences.
The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.
He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young… he killed himself in the prime of his life.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
I would never make fun of anyone who is obviously disabled who cannot defend himself, like Donald Trump.
The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.
When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.
For one, the Qur’an is considered by Muslims to consist entirely of words spoken by Allah himself.
Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.
For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
There can be no darker or more devastating tragedy than the death of man’s faith in himself and in his power to direct his future.
Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.
I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he’s no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile.
In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself.
He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
My good friend Yao Ming was the first big player in the NBA to come from China. He gave himself to the game and was successful. That inspired the NBA to invest more and do more for the game of basketball. We’re building academies not just in China, but in India, Africa, Europe and South America as well.
He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.
Don’t feel embarrassed if you’ve never heard of William Lane Craig. He parades himself as a philosopher, but none of the professors of philosophy whom I consulted had heard his name, either.
I read ‘The Crystal Cave’ book by Mary Stewart, and I thought it was a really, really interesting part of the legend, in which Merlin could enter into the cave with these crystals and see reflections of the future in them and learn how to use that and harness those powers for himself.
