"Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey."

Chazal, Malcolm De | Self-love | 2 bookmarks

"When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too."

Steinfeld, Jake | Self-love | 2 bookmarks

"How do you know so much about everything? was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant."

Abbott, John | Knowledge | 6 bookmarks

"It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts."

Chisholm, Shirley Anita | Addiction | 11 bookmarks

"I've never been an intellectual but I have this look."

Allen, Woody | Intelligence and Intellectuals | 2 bookmarks

"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down."

Bradbury, Ray | Intelligence and Intellectuals | 3 bookmarks

"One who cares is one who listens."

Clarke, J. Richard | Listening | 4 bookmarks

"Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak."

Epictetus | Listening | 6 bookmarks

"A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life."

Matthews, Andrew | Self-love | 1 bookmarks