“...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.”

“Desire as a motivator for achievement and even for survival isn't a bad thing. It's when desire drives us to grab more than our share or harm others that issues arise.”

“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.”

“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...”

“It seemed inequitable at best that one could and did gain a reputation for things that left one both physically and emotionally unsatisfied.”

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.”

“You will fall to ruin because you believe that exceptions to the rule make new rules. That an evil man can shed the trappings of wickedness because you want him to. Men do not Change... Learn the l...”