#itself

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. ↗

— Karl Marx

#first #history #history repeats itself #itself #repeats

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests. ↗

— Pablo Neruda

#born #forests #grew #hill #i

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#bathe #be yourself #goose #itself #make

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself. ↗

— Basil Bunting

#carry #corkscrew #itself #provide #shall

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#any #gross #including #insomnia #itself

I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car - we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#any #car #cars #during #ever

What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#makes #meaning #meaning of #mind #modification

I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#because #bite #doubted #dust #eventually

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#demands #fate #gifts #heavy #itself

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#better #excel #get #greatest #i