Quotes About Ego

Shaitana was a man who prided himself on his Mephistophelian attitude to life. He was a man of great vanity. He was also a stupid man-that's why he is dead.

It's so dreadfully easy—killing people. And you begin to feel that it doesn't matter…that it's only you that matters!

But even then you have to reckon with a criminal's chief vice.' 'What is that?' ' Conceit. A criminal never believes that his crime can fail.

You really have the best opinion of yourself of anyone I ever knew!' I cried, divided between amusement and annoyance.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering." -Caroline to Ursual.

Like all men, he was a spoilt child; he expected everybody to make a fuss of him.

I have, let me confess it in all humility, a pitiful human wish that someone should know just how clever I have been…

He went slowly out of the boat house, unhappy and displeased with himself. He, Hurcule Poirot, had been summoned to prevent a murder and he had not prevented it. It had happened. What was even more humiliating was that he had no real ideas, even now, as to what has actually happened. It was ignominious. And tomorrow, he must return to London, defeated. His ego was seriously deflated. Even his mustache drooped.

The less their ability, the more their conceit.

No vice is more irksome than that of voicing one's virtues

Aren't we the ones who say, "My"? We exist from Birth till we Die. Aren't we the ego, 'I'? Let's find out "Who am I?"

You are not the EYE that can see. You are not the I that says,It is Me.Find out -Who is this I?

My Ego is only my Identity. My Ego is not 'Me'. Because I live in Ignorance, who 'I' truly am, I cannot see.

Guys as a gender have one giant collective delusion of grandeur.

The point is, the Four Stages are not for ego-development or attainment; they are a skilful means for recognizing the way we cling to things.

People can have strong emotional reactions when their meditation gets towards the cessation of the ego. Panic and terror often become quite strong at those times. One can feel as though one is dying ? that is the message you can get from the conditioning of the mind.

Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

Success in business inflates the egos of top management.

Only the ego resists egos. The spirit may notice egos, but sees beyond them and does not engage with them.

The insecure are as self-absorbed as the boastful. The former worry that everyone is watching them. The latter worry that everyone is not.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.