You May Also Like / View all maxioms
No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to read more
No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.
Study to be what you wish to seem.
Study to be what you wish to seem.
The conqueror and king in each one of us is the knower of truth. Let the knower awaken in us read more
The conqueror and king in each one of us is the knower of truth. Let the knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be read more
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it -- this is a hard lesson.
Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.
Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
Self-confidence is the result of a successfully survived risk.
Self-confidence is the result of a successfully survived risk.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time read more
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.