“To invent a story, or admirably and thoroughly tell any part of a story, it is necessary to grasp the entire mind of every personage concerned in it, and know precisely how they would be affected by what happens; which to do requires a colossal intellect: but to describe a separate emotion delicately, it is only needed that one should feel it oneself; and thousands of people are capable of feeling this or that noble emotion, for one who is able to enter into all the feelings of someone sitting on the other side of the table.” PeopleKnowsFeelsShouldMindStoriesFeelingsHappensWould BeAbleSidesEmotionNeededCapableSittingConcernedTablesOneselfIntellectNobleAffectedColossal Author:John Ruskin
“Only he who is capable of a genuine encounter with the other is capable of an authentic encounter with himself, and the converse is equally true...From this perspective, every spiritual exercise is a dialogue, insofar as it is an exercise of authentic presence, to oneself and to others.” SpiritualPerspectiveExerciseCapableOneselfGenuineDialogueEncountersConverses Author:Pierre Hadot
“Everyone hasn't got the power to free oneself and go away to another place or country... No one is capable of freeing oneself from society.” CapableOneself Author:Abdellah Taia
“The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.” TypeCapableRelationOneself Author:G. I. Gurdjieff
“To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard” MeanDoeSelfFeelingsCertainCapableStandardsShameOneselfEsteemDisgusting Book:The End of History and the Last Man Source: The End of History and the Last Man
“To become imperceptible oneself, to have dismantled love in order to become capable of loving. To have dismantled one's self in order finally to be alone and meet the true double at the other end of the line. A clandestine passenger on a motionless voyage. To become like everybody else; but this, precisely, is a becoming only for one who knows how to be nobody, to no longer be anybody. To paint oneself gray on gray.” KnowsEndsSelfOrderLinesKnow HowBecomingCapablePaintOneselfGrayVoyagesPassengersClandestine Book:EPZ Thousand Plateaus Source: EPZ Thousand Plateaus
“I think that it is useless to fight directly against natural weaknesses. One has to force oneself to act as though one did not have them in circumstances where a duty makes it imperative; and in the ordinary course of life one has to know these weaknesses, prudently take them into account, and strive to turn them to good purpose; for they are all capable of being put to some good purpose.” ThinkingKnowsHappinessPurposeTurnsFightingCoursesForceNaturalDutyCircumstancesCapableOrdinaryWeaknessAccountsStriveOneselfUselessImperativesCourse Of Life Book:Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals) Source: Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)
“Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generatng that kind of energy toward yourself - if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself - it is very difficult to take care of another person. In the Buddhist teaching, it's clear that to love oneself is the foundation of the love of other people. Love is a practice. Love is truly a practice.” PeopleIfsKindPersonsCareEnergyDifficultLove IsPracticeClearTeachingProtectCapableCapacityFoundationOneselfTake CareBuddhistTake Care Of YourselfLove Oneself Author:Nhat Hanh