“My worth is not based on the work of my hands despite how feverishly I might work and how audaciously successful I might be. Rather, my worth is based exclusively on the astonishing fact that I am ...”

“I am selfish by habit, but sacrificial by nature. Therefore, Id be wise to develop the habit of following my nature.”

“Ignorance might be bliss, but it also has teeth.”

“Peace is achieved when our conscience rests in the fact that weve engaged in right living, verses believing that living is a right.”

“A life that chooses not to grow is a life that died long before it ever lived.”

“To spin the tale with great flourish but never live the tale is the power of vision strangled to fiction by the fiction of fear.”

“Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we dont fool.”

“So you actually need spectacles, Leo finally said.Of course I do, Marks said crossly. Why would I wear spectacles if I didnt need them?I thought they might be part of your disguise.My disguise?Yes,...”

“Undoubtedly, failure is growth in pains disguise.”

“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...”

“Preachers love only their own voices.”

“Miracles focused gospel teaches us to be selfish and egocentric.”

“People should not confuse opinions and rules with egocentric interests.”