“I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.”
Oscar Wilde
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
“The final mystery is oneself.”
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.”
August Wilson
“I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.”
Pietro Aretino
“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.”
Jane Austen