Self

Self

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

~ Arthur Christopher Benson 1862-1925

Self

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

~ Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)

Self

Be that self which one truly is.

~ Soren Kierkegaard

Self

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

~ Napoleon Hill

Self

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.

~ Publilius Syrus

Self

The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.

~ Plato

Self

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self.

~ David Herbert Lawrence

Self

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

~ Theodor Adorno

Self

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

~ Josh Billings

Self

Observe all men, thyself most.

~ Benjamin Franklin

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