#oneself

A golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#golden rule #image #incomplete #leave #oneself

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#commit #getting #getting married #like #luck

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people. ↗

— Basil Rathbone

#critical #grows #less #more #older

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself. ↗

— Clifton Paul Fadiman

#ability #joke #oneself #sense #sense of humor

The whole problem of the sound-work is distancing oneself from the dramatic. ↗

— Pierre Schaeffer

#oneself #problem #whole

The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you. ↗

— Criss Jami

#biggest #confidence #conscience #control #critic

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#accept #being #oneself #spite #unacceptable

Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That's what makes me feel good. ↗

— Laetitia Casta

#be true #feel #feel good #good #makes

I... There was a time when I stopped talking. Just like you. My reasons were a little bit different, but I think the feelings of being ashamed of myself and hating myself are the same. Here, it says to "like yourself." What does that mean? Good things- how are you supposed to find them? I only know things that I hate about myself. Because that's all I know, I hate myself. But even if you force yourself to find good things, it feels so empty. It doesn't work that way. People like your teacher just don't get it. I think when you hear someone say they like you, for the first time, then you can begin to like yourself. I think when someone accepts you, for the first time, you feel like you can forgive yourself a little. You can begin to face your fears with courage. ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#liking-oneself #self-esteem #yuki #courage

She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#inspirational #men-and-women #understanding #understanding-oneself-and-others #inspirational