He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
Men at some time are masters of their fates; The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better.
It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.
It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.
I went in search of myself.
We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.
How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.
My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to alter my desires rather than change the order of the world.
Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
What youth found and must find outside, the man of life's afternoon must find within himself.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
No man is despised by another unless he is first despised by himself.
Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.
'Know yourself' is the whole of science. Only at the end of the perception of all things will man have recognized himself. For things are only the borders of man.
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
Learn to know yourself, and descend into yourself.
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
It is much easier to obey your superior than to command yourself; and when you can do whatever you want, it's not easy to want only what you have to.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
The art, my children, it is to be absolutely oneself.
This above all: to thine own self be true.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
A man always describes himself unconsciously whenever he describes anyone else.
I cannot live, experience, think, value, and act in any world which is not in some sense in me, and derives its meaning and truth from me.
Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace.
For the confirmation of my identity I depend entirely upon other people.
