A misleading perception or false belief is increasingly being perpetuated that the unconscious or the intuitive is all that really matters in any spiritual endeavor, and that the conscious, rational, logical, analytical mind is the...

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

Realizing the seriously ruthless, venomous habits and agendas of evil always instills a more fierce passion and longing for a closer God. Men, out of pride, may claim their own authorities over what constitutes good...

When you’re appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone’s need for your approval.

Neither imagine that you are false, nor lash yourself, for both may be forms of self-indulgence.

A lot of things are inherent in life -change, birth, death, aging, illness, accidents, calamities, and losses of all kinds- but these events don’t have to be the cause of ongoing suffering. Yes, these events...

He [Eugène Rougon] believed exclusively in himself; where another saw reasons, Rougon possessed convictions; he subordinated everything to the incessant aggrandisement of his own ego. Despite being utterly devoid of real self-indulgence, he nevertheless indulged...

As if it wouldn’t rain without you…

What is the real origin of my own anger? Is it the ego defending its territory, or is it something that has its source in the desire for the well-being of all? (73)

Huxley: “Tell me something Bryce, do you know the difference between a Jersey, a Guernsey, a Holstein, and an Ayershire?”Bryce: “No.”Huxley: “Seabags Brown does.”Bryce: “I don’t see what that has to do…”Huxley: “What do you...

I’m not ugly but I’m not pretty either. Everything is in-between. I have eyes that aren’t green or brown, but a muddle. I’m not thin but I’m not fat either. the only thing you could...

The better we become, the higher we climb. The higher we climb, the bigger our ego. The bigger the ego, the harder it is for us to look at others the same way we did...

hapIf you’re brighter than a lightning bug, don’t show your ass

I want to make sure Kiara’s got a boyfriend who has more to offer than a hot bod and a face that could make angels weep.

Whoever wants the “I” to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirror, must stop the little ego’s fascination with its own image.

Paranoia, he said, was fundamentally egocentric, and every conspiracy theory served in some way to aggrandize the believer.But he was also fond of saying, at other times, that even paranoid schizophrenics have enemies.

The ego hurts you like this: you become obsessed with the one person who does not love you. blind to the rest who do.

In fact, some people who rate very high marks on the ego-based indexes of success are the ones I find most difficult to be around—and totally uninspiring

The conscious experience of being a subject arises when a single organism learns to enslave itself.

For the “We” must never be spoken, save by one’s choice and as a second thought. This word must never be placed first within a man’s soul, else it becomes a monster, the root of...

Distance starts in hearts,confirms in mind & actions from tongue….

Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego’s regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society’s longevity depends on actual people journeying into the unknown and returning with ideas.

Somebody becomes an enemy if you personalize the unconsciousness that is the ego. Non-reaction is not weakness but strength. Another word for non-reaction is forgiveness. To forgive is to overlook, or rather to look through....

Love without humility results in the inclination to act as everyone’s parent, humility without love results in the need to be everyone’s child, and love with humility results in the desire to be a friend.

Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.

…muchos sistemas acaban convirtiendo la humildad imaginada en una forma de vanidad, de modo que acaban igualmente en vanidad.

The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.

Over and over we lose this sense of feeling we are wholly in our skins by means already named as well as through extended duress. Those who toil too long without respite are also at...

The ego camouflages itself like a fox born and raised in a hen house. Its only worry is that you fail to notice its presence every so often and start acting without fear

I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you’re a princess.

Nothing matures a Man like RESPONSIBILITIES,Nothing humbles him like MISSED OPPORTUNITIES,What makes him are his CHOICES,And nothing changes him like LOVE.Nothing defines a Man like his CHARACTER,Nothing teaches him like his EXPERIENCE,What drives him is...

Act as if you don’t know me, and i will make it seem as though you don’t exist.

No one can be a yogi, maintaining a state of mental equilibrium, free from inner involvement in planned desireful activities, unless he has renounced identification with his ego and its unsatisfiable lust for the fruits...

An egoist is always intelligent, never wise.

The deepest realization of meditation is that your being is a non-being. It is a nothing, a vast emptiness without boundaries. It is a no-self. The feeling of self, of “I” is false.

The evidence never seemed to matter to those in power, who had already made up their minds and did what people typically do when their worldview is threatened by new data: they attacked the messenger.

The ego taunts truth with sarcasm.

Our reputations are so out of our control that it’s laughable how much time and effort so many of us put into trying to “control” them.

You have two choices in life when it comes to truthful observations by others that anger you: You can be ashamed and cover it up by letting your pride take you in the extreme opposite...

The less you feed the ego, the stronger you will be.

We must realize that we are all, like Dr. Faust, ready to accept the devil’s inducements. The devil is in each one of us in the form of an ego that promises the fulfillment of...

That’s just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you’re...

the ego likes to emphasize the ‘otherness’ of others

All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him...

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

All my ego wants is to be sitting by a lake in Italy. It doesn’t want to be backstage, warming up.

From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.

The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life.

Who are we to think we deserve anything? What makes us so great? No one is “lucky” to have us. We are all full of it.

Some people only go to church for the social life. They like having all the friends in church or getting the praises of men by doing certain things, but they don’t go there to actually...