So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
Man is so made that by continually telling him he is a fool he believes it, and by continually telling it to himself he makes himself believe it.
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive from what ills you are free yourself is pleasant.
Every animal loves itself.
