“Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.”
Mencius
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Facing yourself can be intimidating, but that is only until it is liberating.”
Elizabeth Alraune
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely”
Carl Gustav Jung
“To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others”
Buddha
“A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.”
Clifton Fadiman
“To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.”
Dalai Lama