“I do not know if it has ever been noted before that one of the main characteristics of life is discreteness. Unless a film of flesh envelopes us, we die. Man exists only insofar as he is separated from his surroundings. The cranium is a space-traveler's helmet. Stay inside or you perish. Death is divestment, death is communion. It may be wonderful to mix with the landscape, but to do so is the end of the tender ego.” IfsKnowsMenMayEndsFilmLife IsDiesSpaceWonderfulEgoFleshLandscapeCharacteristicsCommunionTravelerSurroundingsEnvelopesHelmet Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“What happened was simple, even banal: I became naked, died, lost parts of my flesh and most of my ego along with a few illusions such as a belief in the uniqueness of my personal scrap of consciousness and the cosmic importance therof, and went on from there.” BeliefLostSimpleConsciousnessHappenedEgoIllusionImportanceDiedFleshNakedCosmicUniquenessScrap Author:MacDonald Harris
“Ill health is also a blessing. The flesh and the ego are weakened and contemplation of God becomes easier.” EasierBlessingEgoIllFleshContemplationThoughtfulIll Health Author:Yogaswami
“In this horror of solitude, this need to lose his ego in exterior flesh, which man calls grandly the need for love.” MenLoveNeedsPoetryLosesHorrorSolitudeEgoFleshExterior Book:Intimate Journals Source: Intimate Journals
“We are not just a skin-encapsulated ego, a soul encased in flesh. We are each other and we are the world.” WorldSoulEgoSkinsFlesh Book:The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible Source: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible