Ourselves Quotes
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Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.
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...the most serious thing, and the strangest, is that we are afraid to the point of panic, not so much of seeing ourselves as of being seen by ourselves. This is our root absurdity. What is behind this great fear?
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What follows is more about books than it is about me, but nonetheless it is my inward autobiography, for the words we take into ourselves help to shape us.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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I am dead because I have no desire, I have no desire because I think I possess, I think I possess because I do not try to give; Trying to give, we see that we have nothing; Seeing that we have nothing, we try to give ourselves, Trying to give ourselves, we see that we are nothing, Seeing that we are nothing, we desire to become, Desiring to become, we live.
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If our writing is worth anything at all, then we have to put ourselves into it.
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To love ourselves is to act respectfully toward ourselves, to enjoy our own company when in solitude, to honor our limits and speak our truths.
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We make ourselves up as we go.
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When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.
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Collectively, we have all it takes to create a just and peaceful world, but we must work together and share our talents. We all need one another to find happiness within ourselves and within the world.
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We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.
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How we express ourselves in worship remains up in the air.
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I think writers are a lot like lawyers. We feed off the misfortunes of people, even ourselves.
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How deeply do any of us know our own selves? Ask yourself. We hold a picture of how we wish to be and hope it goes forever unchallenged. Passing through life never pursuing aspects of our natures with which we'd rather not reckon. Dying strangers to ourselves.
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Sometimes when we think we’re protecting ourselves, we’re really hurting ourselves. And sometimes the people around us too.
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Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.
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We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire.
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When we see God through a fear-based lens, we end up with an inaccurate view of ourselves.
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Default is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
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The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.
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We earnestly recommend young men to read what has been to ourselves a truly delightful work.
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We all have some ideological quotient in ourselves. And I think it does guide who we are.
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Some might say we lose ourselves in a good book. In truth, we find ourselves.
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Sometimes comedy can be, like, negative and just the worst parts of ourselves coming out.
