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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."
"In the ignorant state, there is a 'limit' for good qualities, it is known as the self-pride. Self-serving pride (swa-maan) is the limit of virtues in the realm of ignorance."
"Bigheadedness is usually a symptom of small-mindedness."
"What I want, it is my ego's demand. What I get, my ego is not satisfied with that."
"When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval."
"The ego survives only in conflict. Peace is the death of the ego."
"The ego destroys the world as well it is the ego which grows the world."
Explore more quotes by John Cheever
"Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world."
"When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places."
"The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness."
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