“Even the strongest spirits have the moments of irresistible weakness,” – Jose Saramago, The Cave
“To talk about oneself a great deal can also be a means of concealing oneself.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
“It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.”
Aristotle
“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.”-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog.” -G.K. Chesterton.
“A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting.”
Carlos Castaneda, A Separate Reality