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A demonic man doesn't believe he needs forgiveness for anything he's ever done. A perfect man doesn't either, except the perfect man is right.

Those who don't sell out actually change the most over time. A sellout was already cowardly before they sold out.

 When a person is tested and wins the day, it will change them... for the better.

Enlightened people are the only people who aren't special, because enlightenment is always the same.

People can know what it's like to be God, because sometimes people idealize other people. If you're idealized you're like a God to that person, which is really bad.

I'm always unhappy and never despair.

 I don't think that's what the sages described. However I'm never in agony, But a constant dysphoria.   I don't know how others compare.  Should I care?

Delusion is thinking people are thinking of you

Enlightened people are always unhappy, and they're always OK with that. They know they don't deserve any better, because they barely exist, and do nothing to create anything in the world.

It's OK that I'm never OK.

 I'm at peace with misery, Contented with sorrow. I'm comfortable with constant despair.

Interest in your ego is ego.

Lack of interest in ego is lack of ego.

Getting promoted because you have an education is fair, becsuse you need the money to pay off ridiculous student loans

 Otherwise school's a scam.

If you think someone's a better person than you, better how? Nicer? More attractive? Successful? Smarter? And what do those things mean?

Don't make your own definitions.

Everyone and everything is unique, and we are all the same in that way.

If you stay with your wife out of compassion instead of being a monk, remember that she can't become enlightened unless you become a monk.

 Help her out. Become enlightened.

Renunciation in the heart is most important, but renunciation in thought helps the heart. And behavior helps thoughts. And words help behavior.