there are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion; and what remains but to take it ready-made from others, instead of forming opinions for himself?

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste; some of them would be capable of good acting in front of a good audience. A decent man plays his part to the best of his ability, regardless of the taste of the gallery.

Nobody is thinking about you the way you are thinking about you. They’re all thinking about themselves.

We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor.

the truth is that most people are simply too distracted by their thoughts to have the selflessness of consciousness pointed out directly.

Many of us tend to have too much invested in our opinions of ourselves to see the world’s feedback — the feedback we need to update our beliefs about reality. This creates a profound

Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.

If we worry too much about ourselves, we won't have time for others

Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinion about the things.

The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

Few men think, yet all will have opinions. Hence men’s opinions are superficial and confused.

People tend the take everything too seriously. Especially themselves. Yep. And that's probably what makes 'em scared and hurt so much of the time. Life is too serious to take that seriously.