Thyself Quotes

Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself.

Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]

Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.

But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.

One has to know the size of one's stomach.

To you, Fell. Can't you feel it? Inside you, as it lies inside all the Lera. Know thyself, wolf.

The beginning of knowledge is to know thyself a sinner.

Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out.

Know thyself because what else is there to know?

Now thyself is more important than “Know thyself.

Know thyself; this is the great object.

Love yourself. KNOW thyself. And be mindful of your thoughts.

One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself.

Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.

Know thyself, especially thyself after a couple of drinks.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself. No matter what you have done, where you have been, know, accept, and love who you are.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.

Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.

Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to "learn." What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying "Know thyself."

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.

In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

Do thine own work, and know thyself.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.

The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself.

Son, heed my instruction, and apply thyself to know women; let thine eyes observe her when she is with another, for what she doeth with him, she will do with thee, also.

Take special care that thou never trust any friend or servant with any matter that may endanger thine estate; for so shalt thou make thyself a bond-slave to him that thou trustest, and leave thyself always to his mercy.

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.

We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

The starting-point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and is 'knowing thyself'as a product of the historical processes to date, which has deposited in you an infinity of traces, without leaving an inventory.

The Declaration of Independence has established certain moral confines, and governs in a manner consistent with the spirit under which our nation was founded: Love God; love thy neighbor as thyself.

In the Heart's cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting 'I' shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.

The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore God. The 12th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thyself.

Drown thyself? Drown cats and blind puppies.

Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery," said I, "still thou art a bitter draught.

If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'

Sit not down without assurance. Get alone, and bring thy heart to the bar of trial; force it to answer the interrogatories put to it; set the qualifications of the saints on one side, and the qualifications of thy soul on the other side, and then judge what resemblance there is between them.

There is a religious principle: Love thy neighbour as thyself. But it's also an economic asset. If you've got a neighbour, you've got help, and this implies another limit. If you want to have neighbours, you can't have a limitless growth economy. You have to prefer to have a neighbour rather than to own your neighbour farm.

Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

Do not plunge thyself too far in anger.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching-thang to this effect: "Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again."

If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.