Health Quote by Huston Smith

“Everything I do for my private wellbeing adds another layer to my ego, and in thickening it insulates me more from God.”

— Huston Smith

“Conversely, every act done without thought for myself diminishes my self-centeredness until finally no barrier remains to separate me from the Divine.”

— Huston Smith

“My sense of self hinges upon the belief that what I do matters. That belief has compelled me to venture far from home life,…

— Finbarr O'Reilly

“Ironically your greatest spiritual asset is what appears to be your greatest obstacle: your obsession with yourself. Today we live in the age of…

— Richard Harvey

“If you apply yourself to the task before you, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract you, but keeping…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Showing your true self sometimes don't give you any benefit, but at least you do honest to your self and God.”

— Olivia Sinaga

“The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. (155)”

— Jean-Yves Leloup

“Unlike the rest of you, I cheerfully admit to my own utter selfishness. I am self-made, self-absorbed, self-serving, self-referential, even self-deprecating, in a charming…

— William Lashner

“You and I were put on this earth to serve something greater than our narrow interests. When our focus becomes self-centered instead of God-centered…

— Nick Vujicic

“Pulled out of the mud of your own ego, so that you have stopped thinking that you are somebody, at last you are delivered…

— A.W. Tozer

“The true essence of greatness is in finding self in selfishness”

— Mayur Ramgir

“We may think we are centering our lives on God when we are really making Him a means to self-esteem.”

— John Piper