I think, therefore I am is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches. I feel, therefore I am is a truth much more universally valid, and it applies to everything that's alive. My self does not differ substantially from yours in terms of its thought. Many people, few ideas: we all think more or less the same, and we exchange, borrow, steal thoughts from one another. However, when someone steps on my foot, only I feel the pain. The basis of the self is not thought but suffering, which is the most fundamental of all feelings. While it suffers, not even a cat can doubt its unique and uninterchangeable self. In intense suffering the world disappears and each of us is alone with his self. Suffering is the university of egocentrism.
Milan KunderaTags: truth thinking suffering thought feeling egocentrism
The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the lower part of self, before there can be a birth to the nobler.
Fulton J. SheenTags: philosophy christianity spirituality catholicism catholic egocentrism self-perfection self-surrender
An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.
Idries ShahTags: pessimism change egocentrism
I feel so trapped, by my ego.
T. Scott McLeodTags: ego egocentrism egotistical egoic-consciousness
Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, only to return to the scene of the crime later to cry over spilt milk.
Anthon St. MaartenTags: future happiness acceptance free-will self-control fate serenity patience decisions endurance angels perseverance fortitude life-lessons inner-peace tolerance destiny ego stoicism predictions restraint calmness tranquility equanimity restlessness peace-of-mind choices-and-consequences inner-strength unconditional-love composure bliss outcomes idiom idioms bad-choices going-with-the-flow egocentrism manifestation happiness-quotes egotistical forbearance stillness-of-the-mind manifesting restless-heart yielding egomaniac long-suffering spilt
Don't feed your ego with my soul.
Arzum UzunTags: love relationships conflict ego relationship egoism egocentrism egotistical arzum-uzun-quotes arzum-uzun-sözleri arzum-uzun
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