“The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds and makes all political and social life a mass illness. Without this housecleaning we cannot begin to see. Unless we can see, we cannot think.” – Thomas Merton
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“It’s as though we have two selves or two natures or two wills with two contrary viewpoints…. Your lower self sees you as the center of the universe — your higher self sees you as a cell in the body of humanity.” – Peace Pilgrim
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“Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.” – Ludwig van Beethoven
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“We are so accustomed to disguising ourselves to others that, in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.” – François de La Rochefoucauld
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“The human being has a deep-rooted tendency to ‘think only of self.’ . . One who chooses to follow Christ, on the other hand, avoids being wrapped up in himself and does not evaluate things according to self-interest.” – Pope Francis
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“Knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do.” – Lucille Ball
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“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin
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‘We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” – Thornton Wilder
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“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” – Eldridge Cleaver
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“…before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus, To Kill a Mockingbird
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