Ends Quote by John Owen

“Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged mind, delusions or a masochistic taste for…

— Idries Shah

Self actualization is the oxygen for the soul.

— Brian Johnson

The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh.

— John Owen

“Suicide during a state of temporary insanity,” is passed, have been caused by long and hopeless brooding on the “nothingness of the Universe” —…

— Marie Corelli

“A person whom is dissatisfied with the existing constitution of the self might wish to eradicate the self. A spiritual death can take the…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“...afflictions arise from identifying with a false sense of self, whereas great contentment arises from seeing the true nature of things. If one believes…

— Karma Lekshe Tsomo

“In this America, too, the Christian teaching that every human soul is unique and precious has been stressed, by the prophets of self-fulfillment and…

— Ross Douthat

“Religion of the Self [Soul] is that where no difficulty or trouble arises for anyone or any living being of ‘our’ own accord.”

— Dada Bhagwan

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh.

— John Owen

Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence.

— Viktor E. Frankl

“A justified person dies and rises in Christ, and so is delivered from sin, death and domination of flesh. Justification is, to introduce my…

— Peter Leithart

“I know that this stuff probably doesn't sound fun and breezy or grandly inspirational. What it is, so far as I can see, is…

— David Foster Wallace