#thyself

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend. ↗

— Akhenaton

#friend #indulge #murder #own #passion

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou. ↗

— Akhenaton

#act #action #change #establish #ever

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#advantage #alone #lose #society #solitude

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#eat #others #please #thyself

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#help #thee #thyself #will

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself? ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#had #often #thee #thyself #who

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#conquest #easily #first #get #govern

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#i #may #me #only #purify

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.' ↗

— George McGovern

#empathy #injunction #love #neighbor #old

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. ↗

— William Penn

#betray #only #shall #thee #thyself