Itself Quotes

Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.

God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world.

A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

In New York, you can just wake up and everything sorts itself out. I love that, not having a plan.

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose equal faith it was that this society is sick beyond saving, and that mercy itself pleads for its swift extinction and replacement by another.

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.

Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.

A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Long before the thousand millions are here, the mighty centrifugal tendency, inherent in this stock and strengthened in the United States, will assert itself.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.

Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.

Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.

One of my favorite things to do is play golf at Braemar Country Club. It's quiet and not overly crowded. The people are nice, and there's wildlife all around the course. As far as my game itself, I can go from a 10 handicap to a 30, depending on the day.

We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests. That's where Bush came from, and Cheney and Rumsfeld.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing.