#self-love

One must learn to love oneself—thus I teach—with a whole and healthy love: that one may endure oneself and not go wandering about.

What if I should discover that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness—that I myself am the enemy who must be loved?

The good man ought to be a lover of self, for by doing what is noble he will at once benefit himself and assist others.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

Whatever discoveries have been made in the region of self-love, there remain many uncharted territories there.

Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.

We easily forget our faults when they are only known to ourselves.

Self-love increases or diminishes the good qualities of our friends in proportion to the satisfaction we receive from them.

There is more self-love than love in jealousy.

Self-love is the love of self, and of all things for self; it makes men idolaters of themselves, and tyrants to others if fortune gives them the power.

You do not have to be good. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

A smile is the best gift of peace you can offer yourself.