The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. ✨ Eckhart Tolle (200…

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The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. ✨ Eckhart Tolle (2006). A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, p.41, Penguin
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