#oneself

I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog. ↗

— Edward Hoagland

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Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live. ↗

— Ethel Percy Andrus

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Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

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There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

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