"Much of living is an attempt to preserve oneself by annexing and occupying others."

-- Janet Frame

#Oneself Quotes

“The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.”
“'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific.”
“Lavish love on others receive it gratefully when it come to you. Cultivate friendship like a garden. It is the best love of all.”
“Integrity means being whole, unbroken, undivided. It describes a person who has united the different parts of his or her personality, so there is no longer a split in the soul ... For the person of integrity, life may not be easy but it is simple: Figure out what is right and do it. All other considerations come in second.”
“In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.”
“We must pay a price to touch godliness through daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross.”
“to express himself well, the artist should be hidden... The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The only salvation is to work like a labourer, and not have delusions of grandeur.”
“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a childs soul.â€â€¢ â€œPlay is the highest level of child development . . . It gives . . . joy, freedom, contentment, inner and outer rest, peace with the world . . . The plays of childhood are the germinal leaves of all later life.â€â€¢ â€œChildren are like tiny flowers; they are varied and need care, but each is beautiful alone and glorious when seen in the community of peers.”

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