#thyself

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer. ↗

— Adam Smith

#money

Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. ↗

— Doris Mortman

#know-thyself #contentment

If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it. ↗

— Democritus

#doing #injustice #suffer #thou #thyself

Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee. ↗

— William Gurnall

#exceeded #far #less #look #than

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#conquest #easily #first #get #govern

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#i #may #me #only #purify

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself. ↗

— Pythagoras

#all things #cloud #light #reverence #shadow

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#faith #flatter #god #hast #neighbor

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#change #consider #constantly #like #loves

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. ↗

— Ausonius

#base #commit #deed #respect #though