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“People interpret things through their owns lens, just the way they do the Bible. You can find justification for just about everything in the Bible. I think man has got a great ego when it comes to his God, whatever that is. It just seems to me that someone who wants to take on God's punishment, it just seems a huge egoism to think that he should appoint himself to take care of God's punishments.”

People Thinking Men Way Want Should Seems Care Huge Ego Bible Take Care Punishment Justification Lenses Egoism

Author:Bill Paxton

“When Nietzsche praises egoism it is always in an aggressive or polemical way, against the virtues, against the virtue of disinterestedness (Z III "Of the three evil things"). But in fact egoism is a bad interpretation of the will, just as atomism is a bad interpretation of force. In order for there to be egoism it is necessary for there to be an ego.”

Way Facts Order Three Evil Force Virtue Ego Praise Interpretation Aggressive Egoism Evil Things

Book:Nietzsche and Philosophy

Source: Nietzsche and Philosophy

“The egoist does not tolerate egoism.”

Doe Ego Tolerate Egoism

Author:Philibert Joseph Roux

“The thing is that the ego cannot cure itself of its own malady of egoism; it's already infected by the disease itself. And that is why it is necessary to go to a guru who knows God and by absorbing his consciousness into yourself, you discover that you aren't this ego. You cross that abyss and you find that you are infinite.”

Knows Consciousness Ego Disease Crosses Infinite Cures Abyss Guru Knowing God Egoism Absorbing Malady

Author:Goswami Kriyananda

“The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it--just don't get lost in it.”

Use Wisdom Spiritual Lost Enjoy Wise Words Words Of Wisdom Ego Instruments Finding Yourself Exquisite Wise Man Once Said Egoism Be True To Yourself Listen To Yourself

Author:Ram Dass

“If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.”

Ifs Suffering Choices Grows Effort Ego Constant Prison Egoism

Book:Community and Growth

Source: Community and Growth

“All action of Sattva, a modification of Prakriti characterised by light and happiness, is for the soul. When Sattva is free from egoism and illuminated with the pure intelligence of Purusha, it is called the self-centred one, because in that state it becomes independent of all relations.”

Soul Self States Light Action Pure Ego Relation Independent Egoism Modification

Book:Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)

Source: Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)

“Out of Mahat comes universal egoism.”

Ego Universal Egoism

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“This intelligence itself is modified into what we call egoism, and this intelligence is the cause of all the powers in the body. It covers the whole ground, sub-consciousness, consciousness, and super-consciousness.”

Whole Body Causes Consciousness Ego Egoism

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda