With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.
Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field.
He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
He who knows himself is enlightened.
Shakespeare did not consider himself the legislator of mankind. He faithfully records man's problems and does not evidently propose to solve them.
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.
He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.
I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.
He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
