Thyself Quotes by Og Mandino, Andre Gide, Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Rob Brezsny and many others.
The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore God. The 12th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thyself.
Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?
Happy thou that learnest from another’s griefs, not to subject thyself to the same.
So much does the moral health depend upon the moral atmosphere that is breathed, and so great is the influence daily exercised by parents over their children by living a life before their eyes, that perhaps the best system of parental instruction might be summed up in these two words: ‘Improve thyself.’
Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.
Praise thyself never.
Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe.
Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives thee of this.
If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?
Pardon all but thy selfe.
[Pardon all but thyself.]
[Pardon all but thyself.]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these words: “Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” lie those very moral principles that will enable us to survive even the most critical situations.
Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly
Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.
In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
Do thine own work, and know thyself.
‘Know thyself’ is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say ‘know others.’
I cannot raise my worth too high; Of what vast consequence am I! “Not of the importance you suppose,” Replies a Flea upon his nose; “Be humble, learn thyself to scan; Know, pride was never made for man.
Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.
Know thyself because what else is there to know?
Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act. All living thought is a world in preparation; all real act is a thought manifested. The material world exists because an idea began to play in divine self–consciousness.
All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe to.
In solitude, be a multitude to thyself.
The neurotic usually obeys his own Golden Rule: Hate thy neighbor as thyself.
The first principle from which stems the moral of about all people at all time; it is summarized in this precept: Love thy neighbour as thyself, and: do as you would be done by.
Lord, thou madest us for thyself, and we can find no rest till we find rest in thee.
To know thyself–in others self-concern;
Would’st thou know others? read thyself–and learn!
Would’st thou know others? read thyself–and learn!
Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.
You need to know things the others don’t know. It’s what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself.
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. ‘Know thyself’ is not a narcissistic pursuit.
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!
Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to “learn.” What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying “Know thyself.”
To maintain an opinion because it is thine, and not because it is true, is to prefer thyself above the truth.
Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act.
Make not thyself the judge of any man.
But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.
Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.
The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . .
Observe all men, thyself most.
Renew thyself completely each day.
Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but thyself.
Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise
To “know thyself” must mean to know the malignancy of one’s own instincts and to know, as well, one’s power to deflect it.
Truly know thyself, and to thine own self be true.
Thyself shall see the act; For, as thou urgest justice, be assured Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desir’st.