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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

Lord Chesterfield

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.

Lord Chesterfield

Faults

Self

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Life

Self

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.

Jimmy Chamberlin

Respect

Self

I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.

Stephen Carter

Execution

Self

The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical.

I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped - to reach it.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.