Walt Kelly Quotes

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

I am never more myself than in my self-betrayals.

The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart.

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

A man's conflicts represent what he 'really' is.

It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

One thing I learned about that I always knew about myself - that I always been afraid of myself.

I have never known a greater miracle, or monster, than myself.

You can't run away from yourself

The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself.

I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers.

The ordinary man puts up a struggle against all that is not himself, whereas it is against himself, in a limited but all-essential field, that the artist has to battle.

You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares.

I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice.

Pippin chooses love and finds a greater sense of himself at the end of all the madness. I relate to him in many ways. I have been through stuff, thought I knew best, and often been proven wrong.

Anybody can get lost in themselves.

When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to understand my motivations and impulses, and I've never quite sorted them out.'

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.