Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
LILY TOMLIN
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See all women as mothers, serve them as your mother. When you see the entire world as the mother, the ego falls away.
Neem Karoli BabaNeem Karoli Baba The objective of spiritual advancement is not so much ‘works’ but the quality of life free from ego-consciousness.
Meher BabaMeher Baba When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna The entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things that change and vanish. But there can be no real fulfilment through the transient things
Meher BabaMeher Baba I am in constant bliss, day and night, egotism has been dispelled from within me.
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