#oneself

It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits. ↗

— Greil Marcus

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To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life. ↗

— Edwin Markham

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To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity. ↗

— Jose Marti

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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous way. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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The frontiers of knowledge in the various fields of our subject are expanding at such a rate that, work as hard as one can, one finds oneself further and further away from an understanding of the whole. ↗

— James Meade

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It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open. ↗

— Herman Melville

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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. ↗

— Mencius

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It's dangerous to assert oneself. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

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One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. ↗