Quotes About Ego

And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.' To remit debts is to renounce our own personality. It means renouncing everything that goes to make up our ego, without any exception. It means knowing that in the ego there is nothing whatever, no psychological element, that external circumstances could not do away with. It means accepting that truth. It means being happy that things should be so.

The men leaned back on their heels, put their hands in their trousers-pockets, and proclaimed their views with the booming profundity of a prosperous male repeating a thoroughly hackneyed statement about a matter of which he knows nothing whatever.

Like all males, he hated to confess ignorance by asking directions

Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on. *

Sam was so pleased that he asked the man to lunch, and telephoned to him often, to the end that the man, who had regarded Sam as one of his gods, saw that he was merely a solitary and common human being, and despised him and was uninterested.

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating; the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to.

She was a very old soul, which meant that her life was driven by love and not ego.

If you laugh, the ego cannot control you.

In working with people one-on-one daily for nearly 35 years, I can unequivocally state that unless you remove all kinds of psychic debris, your journey will most likely stop right here. In other words, you can't move one inch closer to trusting your vibes if you let your ego tenaciously cling to your hurt feelings, resentments, and projections.

Trusting your vibes is an awakening process in which your spirit partners with your body, your ego steps aside and learns, and together they move you directly and swiftly out of harm's way and straight into your very best life. As in any partnership, trust and confidence develop naturally over time, as you get to know one another and make successful decisions together. In other words, the more you allow your spirit to lead your body to success, the more trust will evolve on its own.

The key is to look for ways to silence it without a fight. Start by noticing the times in which your ego naturally quiets down. When working in the garden, for instance. Or cooking dinner. Or on a drive. These are great times to tune in and receive guidance.

As you know, the ego's primary stance is "me against you," so life is reduced to battling to be right and proving that everyone who disagrees with you is a threat that must be eliminated. This is how you know you are stuck in the ego and disconnected from the spirit. As I've said earlier, the ego is consumed with survival, so anyone who doesn't share your point of view becomes an enemy.

The key to success is not to expect anything other than giving yourself a little peace and quiet. If you think you must drift into nirvana to be "really" meditating (which is your ego talking), you'll just get frustrated and quit.

Our ego cuts us off from our spirit, our vibes, and our creativity, along with the love and support they bring. The ego simply cannot tune in to a higher creative frequency, just as an AM radio cannot tune in to the Internet. Instead, the ego broadcasts a distorted reality that tells us that we are nothing but our experiences. It tells us that if our experiences are unfortunate, we are also unfortunate—which is just not true!

The ego asks life, "Why is this happening to me?" while the spirit asks, "Why is this happening, and what can I learn from it?

Once you recognize the difference between your ego and spirit, trusting your vibes becomes easy. Simply listen to your spirit and train your barking dog ego to be quiet and of service to your spirit.

The ego is subjective so does not convey accurate information. Drawing from its biased, limited, and more often than not incorrect conclusions, it can distort reality and can even lie about what is actually happening. Ultimately, the ego never feels good enough, smart enough, strong enough, sexy enough, or enough of anything to truly relax and let the world in.

If you think you're lost in life] even though your mind didn't know it, your soul has never been lost. It knows exactly where it's going, and if your ego will step out of the way and allow you to be guided, you will move directly towards you purpose in life.

The ego often doesn't know the difference between different and dangerous, so please remember this and know you will always be safe, even if you briefly feel a little uncomfortable at times. We always feel awkward when learning new things, so relax.

The goal of each tool or practice is to quiet your ego, wake up your spirit, and help you tune in to the unseen world of energy. The tools in this book can also help you shift your identity from ego-centered fear and control to spirit-centered lighthearted ease.

Leaving the ego-driven space of your head and moving into the spirit-driven space of your heart is a significant shift and initially takes some getting used to. However, it won't be long before you have evidence that this is the best way to go. Once you decide to turn the light back on in your heart, it's simply a matter of finding the switch. The wiring is all in place. The light still works and always has.

The only crime is pride.

For if any man thinks that he is alone is wise--that in speech, or in mind, he hath no peer--such a soul, when laid open, is ever found empty.