Balance-in-life Quote by Karen Horney

“Conflict is the essence of the self.”

— J.Krishnamurti

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

— John C. Maxwell

The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art.

— Eli Siegel

“Inner conflict is the result of competing claims on attention.”

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“Fits of anger, vexation,and bitterness against ourselves tend to pride and they spring from no other source than self-love, which is disturbed and upset…

— Francis de Sale

“Personal growth commences with an ego death. Self-pride blunts personal growth because the ego resists change. The ego wants to maintain the status quo…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“You will not realize the absolute supreme Self (parmatma) unless the weakness departs. Anger, pride, deceit and greed are the weaknesses.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Each conflict is self conflict.”

— Raphael Zernoff

“Pride consists in an unduly exalted opinion of one's self. It is, therefore, impatient of a rival, hates a superior, and cannot endure a…

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Pride can be friend, ego can be foe...depending on which one we choose, or not, to conquer.”

— T.F. Hodge

“When you are achieving in a system that is at odds with who you are—one that too often values style over substance, face time…

— Valerie Young

“Every position in life is balanced by creating a harmony between the inner self and the surrounding world.”

— Hellmut Wilhelm