Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better. Carl Jung
When considering marriage one should ask oneself this question; 'will I be able to talk with this person into old age?' Everything else is transitory, the most time is spent in conversation. Bertrand Russell
One never comes into embarrassment, if one is ready to balance. To ask oneself never in embarrassment, what have you in these decades made. Siegfried Lenz
I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that? Kazuo Ishiguro