Ourselves Quotes

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.

Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.

Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.

We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

Each has its lesson; for our dreams in sooth, come they in shape of demons, gods, or elves, are allegories with deep hearts of truth that tell us solemn secrets of ourselves.

We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.