Sentence examples similar to play with oneself from inspiring English sources

All religious belief worthy of the name is a state of freedom; if it doesn't feel like that then it is childishness in the bad sense, self-indulgence, playing with oneself.

In my mind, being able to play devil's advocate with oneself is one of the qualities that I've noticed tends to be most associated with being able to grow rapidly as individuals.

Madonna has brought traditional little girl's games of dress-up and playing with dolls (using oneself as model) into the television age by turning them into a public spectacle".

One must be strict with oneself.

"It's a conversation with oneself," she said.

"Clearing the mind, sitting with oneself, you quiet the mind".

The really absorbing quarrel, as Orwell showed, is with oneself.

Most important of all is the relationships with oneself.

The knowledge of what lay ahead for Beckett — the writing of the plays and the great prose fiction — makes one very impatient for the further volumes of letters, almost as if Beckett were in actual correspondence with oneself.

It is hard to be with oneself when everything around is burning.

Being able to live with oneself determines how one stops from misbehaving.