A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Benjamin Franklin
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.
Joe Frazier
A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.
Lucian Freud
He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his... →
Sigmund Freud
The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.
Caspar David Friedrich
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
Erich Fromm
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own... →
The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.