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"What spreads the stench of bad conduct? It is the egoism and other 'flaws'."

"The ego dies and the ego lives, but people say that 'I died'. That which takes birth and dies is the ego, and the Soul is in the same place (is always intact). Even Pudgal (the atoms that were charged; which are being discharged in the form of mind, body, speech) is in the same place. The issue is only of the ego in the middle."

"An obese ego is just about the heaviest thing you'll ever carry. So maybe you should stop feeding it."

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

"As long as the egoism is alive, 'my-ness' remains within the self."

"My ego drives me nuts. It asks me to be competitive, creative, and smart."

"We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit."

"Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries."
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"Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most."

"I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings."

"What is the essence of the art of writing? Part One: Have something to say. Part Two: Say it well."

"The weather here is windy, balmy, sometimes wet. Desert springtime, with flowers popping up all over the place, trees leafing out, streams gushing down from the mountains. Great time of year for hiking, camping, exploring, sleeping under the new moon and the old stars. At dawn and at evening we hear the coyotes howling with excitement - mating season. And lots of fresh rabbit meat hopping about to feed the young ones with."
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