#oneself

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#oneself #order #ought #party #remain

Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#becomes #educate #every #expressions #god

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#fragrance #france #must #oneself

Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#along #attitude #based #church #clear

And there isn't any way that one can get rid of the guilt of having a nice body by saying that one can serve society with it, because that would end up with oneself as what? There simply doesn't seem to be any moral place for flesh. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#because #body #end #flesh #get

Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth is mostly very boring, and you can help it along with lies. There is no harm in that. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#another #boring #business #different #harm

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

We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be. ↗

— R. D. Laing

#class #culture #how #matter #mature

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

— Edsger Dijkstra

#much #oneself #perfecting