Thyself Quotes

Make not thyself the judge of any man.

Let us start a new religion with one commandment, "Enjoy thyself.

I don't know what's meant by Know thyself, which seems to ask a window to look at a window.

Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out.

Thou art a dreaming thing, A fever of thyself.

Make thyself perfect; others, happy.

If thou wouldst be implacable, be so with thyself.

Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world.

This is servitude, To serve th'unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled.

Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand.

The beginning of knowledge is to know thyself a sinner.

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.

Love thy neighbor as thyself. Because each of us is his own neighbor.

I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.

'Physician, heal thyself' is more true in matters religious than mundane.

Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.

All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them to thyself.

Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.

On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I am dead, and all is gone.

If I serve you in hopes of Paradise, deny me Paradise.If I serve thee in fear of hell, condemn me to hell.But if I love thee for love of thyself,then grant me thyself.

This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death? [Lat., Hic rogo non furor est ne moriare mori?]

When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.

Why wilt thou be so sottish, such an enemy to thyself, as to prefer puddle-water, and that poisoned too and stolen, before pure living waters out of thy own well?

For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.

Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self.

Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive.

Only by knowledge of that which is not thyself, shall thyself be learned.

When thou hast profited so much that thou respectest even thyself, thou mayst let go thy tutor.

Know thyself; this is the great object.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.

One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself.

In the morning fix thy good purpose; and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.

If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.

Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.

If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?

Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.

Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.

Fear God, and offend not the Prince nor his laws, and keep thyself out of the magistrate's claws.

But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown!

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

But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.

Ere I could make thee open thy white hand, and clap thyself my love; then didst thou utter, I am your's for ever!

Drown thyself? Drown cats and blind puppies.

It is thyself, mine own self's better part; Mine eye's clear eye, my dear heart's dearer heart; My food, my fortune, and my sweet hope's aim, My sole earth's heaven, and my heaven's claim.

But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies, Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.

Love thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty.

Come, swear it, damn thyself, lest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselves should fear to seize thee; therefore be double-damned, swear,--thou art honest.

He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

Physician, heal thyself: then wilt thou also heal thy patient. Let it be his best cure to see with his eyes him who maketh himself whole.

Love thyself first to love others.