“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.”
“Consciousness and nothing both exist at the same time which is one of the paradoxes of life.”
“Consciousness came from the earth and it will return to the earth.”
“If you arrange matter in such a way it can become self-conscious.”
“Reality, consciousness, space, time, universe, matrix and metaverse are all synonymous.”
“Self is who you are, who you were and everything you can become.”
“The Latin word for selfish means stationary and unmoving.”
“Therefore, there is no point complaining, because there is no external factor that determines what we feel, what we love or who we are.”
“Thoughts are selfish because only you can have them.”
“You can still do everything without self-respect especially love your family.”
“The mind can grasp everything but it cannot grasp itself. The knife can cut everything but it cannot cut itself.”
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
“How do you know you're not selfish? I'm not sure, but I try my best to align my needs with the group's.”
“If there are winners then there must be losers, but it's not a zero sum game. If you set out to better yourself then it's a net positive for the world.”
“The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us is nothing compared to what lies within.”