“This is not a matter of being careful. It is to consider oneself as dead beforehand.”

“There has been an inversion in the hierarchy of the two principles of antiquity, “Take care of yourself” and “Know yourself.” In Greco-Roman culture, knowledge of oneself appeared as the consequence of the care of the self. In the modern world, knowledge of oneself constitutes the fundamental principle.”

Michel Foucault (1926–1984) French philosopher

“It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.”

Idries Shah book Reflections

“The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.”

Milan Kundera book Laughable Loves

“The important thing is: how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter—as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

“Let the dead rest, and care for the living.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

“If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend.”

Gary L. Francione (1954) American legal scholar

“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”

Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis

“Originality is being different from oneself, not others.”

Philip Larkin (1922–1985) English poet, novelist, jazz critic and librarian

“The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.”

Paul Tillich (1886–1965) German-American theologian and philosopher