To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is read more

To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest decency. But it is from the far more difficult achievement of seeing ourselves amongst others, as a local example of the forms human life has locally taken, a case among cases, a world among worlds, that the largeness of mind, without which objectivity is self-congratulation and tolerance a sham, comes.

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

Self-confidence is the result of a successfully survived risk.

Self-confidence is the result of a successfully survived risk.

I have never been contained except I made the prison.

I have never been contained except I made the prison.

When fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

When fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

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.

You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.

You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.

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.