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The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
Writer
Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Wants
Always
Shallow
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Ego
Wanting
Satisfaction

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