"You must do nothing before him, which you would not have him imitate. If any thing escape you, which you would have pass as a fault in him, he will be sure to shelter himself under your example, and s…"

— John Locke

Philosophy1943–2006

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"As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen."

— Richard Rodriguez

Literature1958

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"Self-denial surely means somethings far greater than some slight and insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences!"

— James Hudson Taylor

Medicine1832–1905

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"I sit on a man's back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible, except getting off his back."

— Leo Tolstoy

Literature1828–1910

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"My job on this show is to be naked, not kill myself."

— Chris Pontius

Literature1974

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"“In my inner self, where is duality, I am heard."

— Aldo Capitini

Philosophy1899–1968

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"To keep a watch upon oneself."

— Chilon of Sparta

Politics-599–-519

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"Like bubbles in the water, the worlds rise, exist and dissolve in the Supreme Self, which is the material cause and the prop of everything."

— Adi Shankara

Religion

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"I'm very inappropriate, which makes me a problem dinner guest, because at some point during the evening someone inevitably says, "OK, heh heh heh, OK, too much information! Heh heh heh. Don't go there…"

— Margaret Cho

Entertainment1968

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"We took portable showers, Pampers and clothes for kids . I sang for them and played the guitar . . . At least for a little while, they saw that someone wasn't forgetting them. It lifted their spirits,…"

— Gloria Estefan

Music1957

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