Quotes About Ego

I believe one of the greatest human failings is to prefer to be right than to be effective

Wanting to be liked is often a very unlikeable characteristic.

Perhaps narcissism is best defined as a need to look on other people as mirrored surfaces who satisfy us only when they reflect back a loving or admiring image of ourselves. When we look into another's eyes, in other words, we are not looking to see who they are, but how we are reflected in their eyes. By this definition, which of us can honestly disown our share of narcissism?

Well, we all know how satisfying it is to recite the shortcomings and hollowness of others - especially those who have money and recognition where we have none. It is certainly more pleasurable than inspecting our own shortcomings.

I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: Las personas que se jactan de su coeficiente intelectual son unos perdedores (Stephen Hawking)

I'm far too intelligent to be brave, thank you very much.

He understood well enough how a man with a choice between pride and responsibility will almost always choose pride--if responsibility robs him of his manhood.

Such an ego simply forbade certain lines of thought.

Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.

I believe that there is another man inside of every man, a stranger, a Conniving Man.

We're like drunks in a barroom. No one's listening because everyone is too busy thinking about what they're going to say next, and absolutely prove that the current speaker is so full of shit he squeaks.

How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it.

Self importance is self pride.

The obstacle in spritual growth is not ignorance of self, it is the illusion of self.

We must reject the lie of materialism. Your STUFF, does not dictate Your STATURE.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

It's okay to lose your pride over someone you love. Don't lose someone you love though over your pride!

I used to care about how I looked. Now I don't care as much. Maybe it's because I'm so handsome.

As you dissolve into love, your ego fades. You're not thinking about loving; you're just being love, radiating like the sun.

A director standing by his film rejected by the audience is like him telling a girl 'I love myself and I don't care if you don't love me'.

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.