„If we could truly see ourselves the way others see us we’d disappear on the spot.“

— Emil M. Cioran

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„See, you're like all the others. But don't you understand that we can't quarrel? We love each other. If I could hate him the way I hate myself, then of course I would abuse him. But neither of us deserves it. See?“
— Cesare Pavese
„Thinking and self-creating are inseparable. When we become aware of all the fantasies in which we see ourselves in the future, pilot ourselves this way or that, this becomes obvious.“
— Rollo May
„And the best way to know who we are is often to find out how others see us.“
— Paulo Coelho
„We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is?“
— Stephen Hawking
„Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats out of the garden was to have one yourself. A moment's rational thought here will spot the slight flaw in this reasoning.“
— Terry Pratchett
„We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.“
— Ben Carson