when ego swells;the soul shrivels

“As the ego swells; the soul shrivels”

— Anonymous

And leaning out the window, enjoying the day above the varying volume of the entire city, only one thought swells my soul – the…

— Fernando Pessoa

“It was a real party of swells.”

— Elvis Costello

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to…

— Woodrow Wilson

“Does your heart keep swelling to make room for all the loves you have through life, until it swells so big it bursts, and…

— Troy Howell

The human body is a peculiar device, pat it on the back and the head swells.

— Anonymous

The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!

— Abby Sunderland

I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls.

— Hugo Vihlen

“We have too much stuff inside and it swells us, breaks us.”

— Elena Ferrante

“79. A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The soul wanders in the dark, until it finds love. And so, wherever our love goes, there we find our soul.

— Mary Zimmerman

“You're never alone if you're with your soul.”

— Gerard Armond Powell

Alone in a world, With millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in their dreams unhealthy, unclean walking in circles, now do not disturb…

— Chester Bennington

I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the…

— Paulo Coelho

Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.…

— Hermann Hesse