Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one's striving.

I think poetry is best read to oneself.

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body for instance to be over much occupied about exercise about eating and drinking about easing oneself about sexual intercourse.

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

To know oneself one should assert oneself.

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.