“In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs”

“When love could teach a monarch to be wise,
And gospel-light first dawn'd from Bullen's eyes.”

“The heaviest burden of our human side is not sin. Because heaven or hell is a choice that we create ourselves. The heaviest burden of our humanity is the ego. how can we defeat and subdue the personal ego. Sin is just a condition and consequence of the wrong life choices. It is impossible for us to separate that consequences from the interests of our personal egos.”

“The more we try to wrest ourselves from our ego, the deeper we sink into it.”

“We all feel a separateness; we wish that a drop of water would soften our ego; the world needs a common conscience: agreement.... we must concentrate outside ourselves.”

“While we are in recovery we need to be able to strike a balance between not allowing our ego to do all the talking and not letting our low self-esteem to only present what is wrong with us.”

“We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now I'm pleased to be in the light.”

“We should not allow unhealthy ego, pride or greed to overrule our good intention.”

“Love starts when we push aside our ego and make room for someone else.”

“Our vast collections of knowledge and experience are just part of ego’s display, part of the grandiose quality of ego. We display them to the world and, in so doing, reassure ourselves that we exist, safe and secure, as “spiritual” people.”