Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.
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John Lennon
Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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JeanJacques Rousseau
The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life.
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Deepak Chopra
Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience that primordial shamanism is based on is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego.
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Terence McKenna
I don't know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point.
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Jim Butcher
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