Lose Yourself
“Authentic human interactions become impossible when you lose yourself in a role.” ~Eckhart Tolle
And that reminded me of this:
Maude [to a motorcycle officer]: “Oh, don’t get officious. You’re not yourself when you’re officious– that is the curse of a government job.” from the movie Harold and Maude
- Posted in: Quotes ♦ Spirituality
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…I think that this is true of cowards and small, weak people for whom identity is everything to them even if they have no substance of themselves…
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Love the Maude one! true! so true1
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