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All activity of the self is separative, enclosing, and the more it struggles to break through its own barriers, the stronger the barriers become

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However much we may dislike the idea that we are merely a process of thought, the actuality is that we are

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When the self makes an effort to be absent, the self is present

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The nature of the self is to isolate itself, its very quality is exclusiveness

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Self-deception exists when there is any form of craving or attachment; attachment to a prejudice, to an experience, to a system of thought

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Any desire for self-improvement is petty

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Essentially self-improvement is but mediocrity

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Self-knowledge comes with the slowing down of the mind, but that does not mean forcing the mind to be slow

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Self-knowledge is freedom

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Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom; without self-knowledge, learning leads to ignorance, strife and sorrow

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There is ignorance, when there is no self-knowledge

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