Essence Quote by Erik Pevernagie

“We must eliminate the individual tendency to selfishness that snares the soul, shrinks the heart, and darkens the mind.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility. Each of…

— Dean Koontz

“The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of "truth". It is the most challenging aspect to conquer;…

— T.F. Hodge

“Erase the false impressions from your mind by constantly saying to yourself, I have it in my soul to keep out any evil, desire…

— Ryan Holiday

“But gradually we learn something very precious under the tutelage of these wounds. We learn a compassion for others that replaces judging, self-loathing, and…

— Martin Laird

“The pain of the narcissist is that, to him, everything is really a threat. What doesn't surrender in reverence is blasphemous to a high…

— Criss Jami

“If you surround yourself with the good and righteous, they can only raise you up. If you surround yourself with the others, they will…

— Mark Glamack

“Redefine your happiness and things that bothered you deeply will no longer matter. Things out of your reach will lose importance and those within…

— M.B. Watson

“Remain vigilant and try diligently not to succumb to the soul-sucking, mind-numbing, ill-mannered attitudes that seem so prevalent in the world today.”

— Susan C. Young

“To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up…

— Anne Lamott

“We let rip with idealism and grand words, but it's nothing but rationalizations of our own egoistic behavior. Not only do we lie to…

— Christian Jungersen