“He who obeys, does not listen to himself!”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
dies slowly… <br class="br">Muere lentamente quien no viaja, quien no lee,<br>quien no oye música,<br>quien no encuentra gracia en sí mismo.<br>Muere lentamente<br>quien destruye su amor propio,<br>quien no se deja ayudar... <br class="br">Poem "Muere lentamente" (Dying Slowly), wrongly attributed to Pablo Neruda. See "Fake Pablo Neruda Poem Spreads on Internet" http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=325275&CategoryId=14094 by Ana Mendoza, Latin American Herald Tribune (12 January 2009). <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Source: Selected Poems
“He who obeys, does not listen to himself!”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Source: Reverence for Life: The Words of Albert Schweitzer
“He is an atheist who does not believe in himself.”
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher
The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Call to the Nation
“He who offends others, does not secure himself.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
No. 1, He Who Binds
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792), Several Questions Answered
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
He that knows not what the world is, knows not where he is himself. He that knows not for what he was made, knows not what he is nor what the world is.
VIII, 52
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII
“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”
Oscar Wilde book The Soul of Man under Socialism
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
“He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.”
Laozi book Tao Te Ching
Variant: Those who know, do not speak, those who speak, do not know.
Source: Tao Te Ching, Ch. 56
“Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.”
Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
Book III, Ch. 10
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