“...the longer one stays in full flight from reality, the more painful will be the landing.”

“...frankly, many times, the people that we resent either have no idea about it or could care less.”

“We are not obliged to like everyone, only to love and forgive everyone, sometimes from a distance.”

“Ego doesn't want us to be loving, forgiving and kind to each other or even to ourselves.”

“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.”

“Ego very much wants to make you think that your self worth is all about what you possess, what you've accomplished, and who you know.”

“No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

“All my life I've been surrounded by people who are smarter than I am, but I found I could always keep up by working hard.”

“Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring--this is one of the harshest human miseries.”

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”

“If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

“sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love”

“The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. (155)”

“Ego like bile over taste buds. Get it out or hold it in. It's the suspension will drive you nuts, churn your gut.”

“War within ourselves is always a prelude to war outside ourselves. All war starts within our own hearts. When our egos are inflated or our desires insatiable, we go to war with the other for the sa...”