Self: A bud can be beautiful, a work of art even. But I'm finding it simply can't compare to the openness of the blossom. Looking for my sun. ~Jeb Dickerson

Self: A criminal becomes a popular figure because he unburdens in no small degree the consciences of his fellow man, for now they know once more where evil is to be found. ~Carl G. Jung

Self: A man is ever apt to contemplate himself out of all proportion to his surroundings. ~Christina G. Rossetti

Self: A man is sometimes lost in the dust of his own raising. ~David Ruggles

Self: A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere. ~François VI de la Rochefoucault

Self: A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour. ~P.G. Wodehouse