#oneself

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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

— Herman Melville

#helplessly #impossible #oneself #open #talk

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

— Mencius

#duty #every #oneself #others #root

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#also #conceal #means #much #oneself

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

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Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

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To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time. ↗

— Evita Peron

#decently #live #oneself #right #takes

Testing oneself is best when done alone. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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