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• Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will never last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.

  Walter Raleigh

  Memories, Years, Desire

  "Choice Passages from the Writings and Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh: Being a Small Sheaf of Gleanings from a Golden Harvest".

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• O son, thou hast not true humility, The highest virtue, mother of them all; But her thou hast not know; for what is this? Thou thoughtest of thy prowess and thy sins Thou hast not lost thyself to save thyself.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Mother, Humility, Son

  Alfred Lord Tennyson (1851). “The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson”

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• By faith ponder on this, that though thou art no way able in or by thyself to get the conquest over thy distemper, though thou art even weary of contending, and art utterly ready to faint, yet that there is enough in Jesus Christ to yield thee relief.

  John Owen

  Jesus, Art, Yield

  John Owen (2001). “Temptation and Sin”, p.79, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.

  Saint Augustine

  Art, Happy Life, Joy

  Saint Augustine (2009). “The Confessions of St. Augustine”, p.284, The Floating Press

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• It is past all question, and agreed on by all sides, that no religion will save a man who is not serious, sincere, and diligent in it. If thou be of the truest religion in the world, and are not true thyself to that religion, the religion is good, but it is none of thine.

  Richard Baxter

  Men, Past, World

  Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings”, p.476

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• Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes really to love him to whom he has done good. When, therefore, it is said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," it is not meant, thou shalt love him first and do him good in consequence of that love, but, thou shalt do good to thy neighbor; and this thy beneficence will engender in thee that love to mankind which is the fulness and consummation of the inclination to do good.

  Immanuel Kant

  Practice, Done, Charity

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• Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

  Confucius

  Love, Forgiveness, Spiritual

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• I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching-thang to this effect: "Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again."

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Religious, Kings

  Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.140

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• Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home . . . and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Faith, Daughter, Spiritual

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• Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it. The answer to the last appeal of what is right lies within a man's own breast. Trust thyself.

  Aristotle

  Beautiful, Wise, Lying

  Aristotle (2015). “The Aristotle Collection [50 Books]”, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Tear thyself from delay.

  Horace

  Procrastination, Tears, Delay

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• The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Psychology, Ideals, Impediments

  Thomas Carlyle, Rodger L. Tarr, Mark Engel (2000). “Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books”, p.145, Univ of California Press

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• One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself.

  Steven Pinker

  Tools, Psychologist, Know Thyself

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• Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to "learn." What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying "Know thyself."

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Men, Matter, Study

  "All and Everything: Views from the Real World". Book by G. I. Gurdjieff, 1973.

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• He hath never failed thee yet. Never will His love forget. O fret not thyself nor let Thy heart be troubled, Neither let it be afraid.

  Amy Carmichael

  Heart, His Love, Forget

  Amy Carmichael (2007). “Toward Jerusalem”, p.15, CLC Publications

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• That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not".

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fall, Elements, Ifs

  Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.87, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

  Adam Smith

  Men, Watches, Firsts

  Adam Smith (2015). “The Money Game”, p.24, Open Road Media

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• It does seem to me, that herein we see the rare virtue of a strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick walls, and the rare virtue of interior spaciousness. Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world without being of it. Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the Pole. Like the great dome of St. Peter's, and like the great whale, retain, O man! in all seasons a temperature of thine own.

  Herman Melville

  Strong, Wall, Men

  Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.292

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• One has to know the size of one's stomach.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Size, Know Thyself, Stomach

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.695, Modern Library

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• But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies, Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Lying, Eye

  William Shakespeare (1840). “Poems”, p.28

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• ROMEO There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murders in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none. Farewell: buy food, and get thyself in flesh. Come, cordial and not poison, go with me To Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee.

  William Shakespeare

  Farewell, Men, Soul

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler (1850). “The Family Shakspeare, in One Volume: In which Nothing is Added to the Original Text, But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read in a Family”, p.840

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• To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.

  L. Frank Baum

  Accomplishment, Know Thyself, Knows

  L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.183, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• The old order changeth yielding place to new And God fulfills himself in many ways Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. Comfort thyself: what comfort is in me I have lived my life and that which I have done May he within himself make pure but thou If thou shouldst never see my face again Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Life, Dream, Prayer

  Idylls of the King "The Passing of Arthur" l. 408 (1869) See Bailey 1; George H. W. Bush 7; George H. W. Bush 10; George H. W. Bush 12; Martin Luther King 1

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• Love thyself, so that you can love another. Love thyself so that you cannot project fear. Love thyself so as to let others love you. Love thyself so as to let people near.

  Robert Holden

  Attitude, Love You, People

  Robert Holden (2011). “Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast”, p.191, Hay House, Inc

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• Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

  Confucius

  Integrity, No Friends, Faults

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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