Quotes About Ego

Of course, we can't just drop our notion of self as we would remove a garment. It's a rather compelling illusion. … [However, o]nce it's seen that the 'I' cannot be found the mind is free[.]

T]he term 'I' … must … be used … in order for us to talk with one another. But it's not a very accurate term.

H]ow can there be experience without a self to have that experience? We don't need … an explanation, … that's all the self is: an explanation of experience.

good' crystallised … breeds arrogance and hostility

To assume the existence of a self, an 'I', is to assume the existence of something that has not changed … . … [I]f the thing in question – the 'I' – has changed, in what manner can it still be itself?

Try as we will, we'll not find any workable, definable thing in actual experience for this 'I' to refer to.

Permitieron que su ego nublara su juicio empresarial, un error muy común pero potencialmente letal.

Doing comedy alone onstage is the ego's last stand.

Enjoyment while performing was rare—enjoyment would have been an indulgent loss of focus that comedy cannot afford. After the shows, however, I experienced long hours of elation or misery depending on how the show went, because doing comedy alone onstage is the ego's last stand.

What a woman must do at the Beginning is stay realistic and slow the relationship down. At the Beginning, you have a great deal of ego leverage and control. Use it to set the pace and tone that will lead to permanency. No matter how much you're tempted to go along with his Hollywood style, don't do it.

We associate truth with convenience," he wrote, "with what most closely accords with self-interest and personal well-being or promises best to avoid awkward effort or unwelcome dislocation of life. We also find highly acceptable what contributes most to self-esteem.

A]s moral philosophers through the ages have pointed out, a philosophy of living based on "Not everyone, just me!" falls apart as soon as one sees oneself from an objective standpoint as a person just like others. It is like insisting that "here," the point in space one happens to be occupying at the moment, is a special place in the universe.

He who is in love with himself has no rivals.

It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

Love means to reach for the sky and with every breath to tear a hundred veils. Love means to step away from the ego, to open the eyes of inner vision and not to take this world so seriously

Even if you win in ego it is a loss. Even if you lose in love it is a victory.

Great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant.

When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.

We fancy we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

There's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate.

Don't let proud get to your head, always humble yourself.