Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.
Akhenaton
Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
Alexander Pope
Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.
Andre Gide
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
Ausonius
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
Benjamin Franklin
Observe all men, thyself most.
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?
Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.
Charles Spurgeon
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Confucius
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
Democritus
Know thyself. Remain steadfast. Follow your dreams. These are great directives and perfectly fitting for graduates. But reality is that achieving dreams takes a solid education - education that remains elusive for too many Americans.
Dorothy Bush Koch
Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.
Edward Young
Unlike a celebrity, there's nothing I won't try and nothing I won't talk about when it comes to my hair. If I were to get a tattoo on my inner upper arm, it would read, 'Change thy hair, change thyself.'
Emily Weiss
Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
Francis Quarles
Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'
George McGovern
Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.
Jean de La Fontaine
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
Joseph Joubert
Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?
I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male.
Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.
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.
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.
If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.
Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
It's true in everything, not just in drag: To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. You have to know thyself, and you have to know your history so that you can draw from people who have figured out the equation you are faced with. It's not rocket science.
Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself.
A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.
Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
