A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.
Sholom Aleichem
You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the... →
Samuel Alexander
But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.
Luther Allison
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.
Kingsley Amis
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at... →
Piers Anthony
To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.
Minna Antrim
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
Aristotle
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
Francis of Assisi
That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.
Mary Astell