#oneself

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

#dog #enjoy #him #merely #oneself

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

— Ethel Percy Andrus

#essential #giving #human #ingredient #live

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#different #different thing #make #object #oneself

One should make morals judgements for oneself. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#make #morals #oneself #should

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

— Emile M. Cioran

#golden rule #image #incomplete #leave #oneself

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#any #belief #bricks #building #important

Florida isn't so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is a place where one goes if one no longer wished to be found. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#found #goes #longer #much #oneself

Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#much #oneself #perfecting

To live is to feel oneself lost. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#live #lost #oneself

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty. ↗

— Lance Loud

#chief #claiming #coming #distinct #honesty