“The point is that you free the ego. The ego is only a pronoun. It's a Greek first person pronoun, ergo. When you're in Greece you say, Ergo wants to take a bus, and you don't mean your ego wants to take a bus, like some big entity, you only mean I want to take a bus.” WantFirstsMeanPersonsBigsEgoGreekBusEntityGreeceFirst PersonPronouns Author:Robert Thurman
“Take the example of people who are being most unrealistic - people who are beating monks to death and torturing them. Why shouldn't you be angry or hate that person? Well, the person who is doing that is very unhappy. They are being ordered by a higher-up.” PeopleWellsPersonsHateExampleHigherAngryUnhappyMonk Author:Robert Thurman
“The person who is tormenting the Tibetans feels they have to get rid of the Tibetans in order to be happy.” FeelsPersonsOrderTibetan Author:Robert Thurman
“That love, in the sense of wishing their happiness, will cause your actions to be effective in relation to that person.” PersonsActionWishCausesRelation Author:Robert Thurman
“The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.” PersonsSpiritualViewsConsciousnessPoint Of ViewInsaneCosmicWorldlyCosmic ConsciousnessScrewtape Letters Author:Robert Thurman
“People are afraid that if they let go of their anger and righteousness and wrath, and look at their own feelings-and even see the good in a bad person-they're going to lose the energy they need to do something about the problem. But actually you get more strength and energy by operating from a place of love and concern. You can be just as tough, but more effectively tough.” PeopleIfsLoveNeedsLooksPersonsFeelingsProblemEnergyLosesStrengthLetting GoLosingToughConcernAngerInner StrengthRighteousnessWrath Author:Robert Thurman
