…the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily.
– Jos Saramago
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- Such is our need to shower blame on some distant entity when it is we who lack the courage to face up to what is there before us. – Jos Saramago
- The trouble with this dog is that it has grown too close to human beings, it will suffer as they do. – Jos Saramago
- If egoism is there, the benefit of the Self cannot be obtained and if the Self is there, the benefit of egoism cannot be obtained. – Dada Bhagwan
- What does egoism mean? It means to become blind through one’s own vision. The Gnani [the enlightened one] removes the egoism. – Dada Bhagwan
- There is no problem if there is -˜egoism’. But, it should be -˜normal’. -˜Normal’ egoism means that it does not hurt anyone. – Dada Bhagwan
- Where there is -˜egoism’, there is no God. Where there is God, there is no -˜egoism’. – Dada Bhagwan
- When egoism ends, that indeed is called the Absolute supreme Self (Parmatma). Egoism indeed is the illusion. – Dada Bhagwan
- There is no Gnan (True Knowledge) where there is -˜egoism’ and where there is Gnan, there is no -˜egoism’. – Dada Bhagwan
- What does the world teach you? It teaches you (to do) egoism. Then, from that egoism, arise many many phases! – Dada Bhagwan
- No one is a doer in this world. To claim, -˜I am doing’ is egoism. Illusion continues to prevail under the umbrella of egoism. – Dada Bhagwan
- If one has egoism without my-ness, he will go to moksha; all this entrapment is there because of egoism with my-ness! – Dada Bhagwan
- Worry is the greatest seed [cause] for the worldly life because worrying is the greatest egoism. If the egoism leaves, then worries will go away. – Dada Bhagwan
- Reading is probably another way of being in a place. – Jos Saramago
- how often fears come to sour our life and prove, in the end, to have no foundation, no reason to exist – Jos Saramago
- Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are. – Jos Saramago
- … that destiny has to make many turnings before arriving anywhere, destiny alone knows what it has cost … – Jos Saramago
- Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas. – Jos Saramago
- but the effort of setting the table, heating up the food and then washing the dishes seemed to him tonight a superhuman one. – Jos Saramago
- ..there are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything. – Jos Saramago
- The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein. – Jos Saramago
- The instant is gone, time has carried us into the realm of memory, it was like this, no, it was not, and everything becomes what we choose to invent. – Jos Saramago
- Dignity has no price, when someone starts making small concessions, in the end, life loses all meaning. – Jos Saramago
- what is right and what is wrong are simply different ways of understanding our relationships with the others, not that which we have with ourselves – Jos Saramago
- There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close. – Jos Saramago
- We’ve all had our moments of weakness, and if we manage to get through today without any, we’ll be sure to have some tomorrow. – Jos Saramago
- There is nothing healthier for a man than to walk on his own two legs – Jos Saramago
- One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger. – Jos Saramago
- Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered. – Jos Saramago
- If I’m sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow? – Jos Saramago
- doubt is the privilege of those who have lived a long time, – Jos Saramago
- Everyone wants to save Man, but no one wants to know about men. – Jos Saramago
- What if you spent some alone time every morning? Call it prayer. Call it planning. Call it centering. I call it a powerful way to begin the day. – Steve Goodier
- Love lasts a long time but burning desire lasts two to three weeks. – Carla Bruni
- The magic fades too fastthe scent of summer never lasts the nights turn hollow and vast but nothing remains…nothing lasts. – Sanober Khan
- You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Born to love, Born to lead.Born to shine, Born to succeed. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Take a second look at what you are about to do… A second look prevents a second chance. – Israelmore Ayivor
- Put first things first and we get second things thrown in:Put second things first and we lose both first things and second things. – Jim George
- Love isn’t about what happens after, it’s about how great it is finding that love. The greater the find and chase, the longer the love lasts. – Samuel Skillman