"When you are present, you are transcendent of the mind and ego and so you can witness your mind and ego. You can be conscious of your thoughts without being lost in them when they arise."

-- Leonard Jacobson

#Ego Quotes #Mind Quotes #Conscious Quotes

“There is only one superpower now and it doesn't know what to do with its status. As a result, we got Yugoslavia and Iraq, and the situation has only got worse.”
“I used to go to church when I was younger. My parents didn't go to church, but my friends all went to church and I loved going to church - I would go every Sunday with somebody. My parents used to think it was funny.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against.”
“If I saw something once that I can't explain, that doesn't make them real. And if a trick of the dark gave me a chill, that doesn't make them real. And if a madman says what's at the core of us all is a senseless, flapping quiver of black shade, that's just one more reason not to believe.”

Source : Charlie Huston (2009). “My Dead Body: A Novel”, p.45, Del Rey
“It may not seem that way, but I am an absolute optimist, an unrepentant optimist.”
“But you must be patient and careful; nor should you expect to become an accomplished archer without long and severe training.”

Source : Maurice Thompson “The Witchery of Archery”, Lulu.com
“Paintings, like dreams, have a life of their own and I have always painted very much the way I dream.”
“When we face our fears, we can find our freedom.”

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