Quotes About Ego

Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

That Jim Brown. He says he isn't Superman. What he really means is that Superman isn't Jimmy Brown

Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, only to return to the scene of the crime later to cry over spilt milk.

You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.

If you ever allow yourself to see it will be the death of you. And that is why love is so terrifying, for to love is to see and to see is to die. But it is the most delightful exhilarating experience in the whole world. For in the death of the ego is freedom, peace, serenity, joy.

All suffering is caused by my identifying myself with something, whether that something is within me or outside of me.

When we talk about self-worth, are we not talking, really, about how we are reflected in the mirrors of other people's minds?

For in the death of the ego is freedom, peace, serenity, joy.

It is from the oppression of your programming that you need to be liberated. Only then will you experience that inner freedom from which alone all social revolution must arise for the powerful emotion, the passion that arises in your heart at the sight of social evils and impels you to action, will have its origin in reality, not in your programming or your ego.

Qué he de hacer para amar a mi prójimo?». «Dejar de odiarte a ti mismo». El discípulo meditó larga y seriamente estas palabras y regresó a decirle al Maestro: «Pero si yo me amo demasiado a mí mismo... Si soy un egoísta y un egocéntrico... ¿Cómo puedo librarme de ello?». «Sé cordial contigo mismo, y tu ego quedará satisfecho y te dejará en libertad para amar a tu prójimo».

Everybody, he is learning, likes to hear themselves talk. Hubris, like the oldest stories. They raise the antenna too high, broadcast for too many minutes, assume the world offers safety and rationality when of course it does not.

Sun worshippers? No. These people were here because they worshipped themselves.

The greatest evil occurs when people, no matter what their aims or their motives, become utterly convinced that they are right.

you choose to stand too close to the sun you can't complain when you become nothing more than a silhouette.

The greatest evil occurs when people, no matter what their aims or their motives, become utterly convinced that they are right. [Atticus PÅ«nd]

There's not alcoholic in the world who wants to be told what to do. Alcoholics are sometimes described as egomaniacs with inferiority complexes. Or, to be cruder, a piece of shit that the universe revolves around.

Money, ego, revenge and the seduction of being a media darling is pretty powerful stuff, and, John Bolton is proving he's not immune.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

Women don't want to exchange places with men. Male chauvinists, science-fiction writers and comedians may favor that idea for its shock value, but psychologists say it is a fantasy based on ruling-class ego and guilt.

I hated improvisation because in my early days as an actor, improvisation meant somebody had just come down from Oxford and they were doing a play above a pub in Kentish Town, and the biggest ego would win.

Everyone knows the feeling where you're in the pub and you make your mates laugh. It's awesome, you feel like you rock. That's what comedians want with a bit of extra ego.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.

I have seen pretty horrible blokes thinking they can do pretty much what they like over the years, not just in showbusiness but in ordinary jobs and in pubs and stuff.