Thyself Quotes

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than 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.

'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Observe all men, thyself most.

If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

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.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

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.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

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.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.

Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.