Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness.
– Sharon Salzberg
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- Anarcho-capitalism is not by definition libertarian. It is rather a prediction, not a definition. – David D Friedman
- …if good is defined as something else, it is then impossible either to prove that any other definition is wrong or even to deny such definition. – GE Moore
- The power to define the other seals one’s definition of oneself. – James Baldwin
- To desire to change one’s past means there is a desire to change oneself. To desire to change oneself, one must learn to change. – Lorii Myers
- To forget oneself-to lose oneself in the music, in the moment- that kind of absorption seems to be at the heart of every creative endeavor. – Dani Shapiro
- To strive to better oneself is natural and expected. To abandon oneself in an effort to attain a new self is foolish and unhealthy. – TA Miles
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- It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies. – Sylvia Townsend Warner
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- If you act for self-gain then no good can come of it. If you act selflessly, then you act well for all and you must not be afraid. – Rand Miller
- Notwithstanding how long you shall keep thinking about it, action is what will make it a reality! When you dream, act! When you act, act well! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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- In silence, an act is an act is an act. Verbalized and discussed, it becomes an ethical problem … – Aldous Huxley