#self

The anarch's study of the history of the caesars has more of a theoretical significance for him - it offers a sampling of how far rulers can go. In practice, self-discipline is the only kind of rule that suits the anarch. He, too, can kill anyone (this is deeply immured in the crypt of his consciousness) and, above all, extinguish himself if he finds himself inadequate. ↗

— Ernst Jünger

#caesarism #ernst-jünger #self-discipline #suicide #anarchism

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. ↗

— Karl Marx

#first #history #history repeats itself #itself #repeats

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#be-yourself #expression #yourself #idea

I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#individualism #irony #selfishness #tea #hell

Sometimes, when you don't ask questions, it's not because you are afraid that someone will lie to your face. It's because you're afraid they'll tell you the truth. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#questions

A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#good-and-evil #humanity #native-americans #self-determination #fighting

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. ↗

— George Carlin

#bookstores #self-help #purpose

Find out who you are and do it on purpose. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#self-awareness #purpose

A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#books

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self. ↗