To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest decency. But it is from the far more difficult achievement of seeing ourselves amongst others, as a local example of the forms human life has locally taken, a case among cases, a world among worlds, that the largeness of mind, without which objectivity is self-congratulation and tolerance a sham, comes.
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Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive; there is nothing better.
Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive; there is nothing better.
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It read more
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.
One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer read more
One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer up, things could get worse. So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time read more
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.
Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.
How could I have been anyone other than me?
How could I have been anyone other than me?
People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.
People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.
You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and read more
You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. - Conceits and Caprices.
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. - Conceits and Caprices.
