#oneself

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ↗

— Max Born

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Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

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One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind. ↗

— Robert Collier

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I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself. ↗

— Stephen Fry

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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits. ↗

— Greil Marcus

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To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity. ↗

— Jose Marti

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It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open. ↗

— Herman Melville

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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. ↗

— Mencius

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It's dangerous to assert oneself. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

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