I sometimes say to people, "I am a window frame - no more. The window frame is not that important. What is important is the light that comes through the window.
Eckhart TolleThe mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
Eckhart TolleAll you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that's the ego in you.
Eckhart TolleAs soon as the mind and mind identification return; you're no longer yourself but a mental image of yourself, and you start playing games and roles again to get your ego needs met.
Eckhart Tolle