“One must never allow oneself to acquire an exaggerated sense of one's own importance. There's no necessity to burden oneself with absolutes”
“To engage in a battle, one must know oneself, believe in oneself, and overcome one's own obstacle”
“To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other.”
“One could say, with a little exaggeration, that the persona is that which in reality one is not, but which oneself as well as others think one is.”
“I had the good sense even then to realize patting oneself on the back is a waste of time. Besides, there are much better places to pat oneself if one must, indeed, pat.”
“When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.”