Quotes About Ego

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And, actually, isn't it damn easy to think you're a great man if you aren't troubled by the slightest notion that a Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante, or Napoleon ever existed?

To be free of vanity or pride, these perhaps the gravest of all indulgences.

To free oneself of ambitions and all forms of avarice: "Thirst for glory is the most futile of all, the most valueless and bogus currency known to man.

Y, además, ¿no es mucho más fácil creerse un gran hombre cuando uno no tiene ni la menor idea de que haya existido alguna vez un Rembrandt, un Beethoven, un Dante o un Napoleón?

Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante or Napoleon ever lived?

The truth comes when you can see that your self-image is just a convenient reference point and nothing more, and that you as you had imagined yourself do not exist.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Even if your Ego Doesn't Grasp it, this is the Truth: Everything is on Time Under Heaven's Net

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere

In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.

One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.

The man filled with good qualities like Truth, Love, absence of jealousy, ego and hatred, can see God without searching for Him. He becomes a Jnani (a man of spiritual wisdom).

Whatever is associated with the mind is bound to change. The truth is that which is changeless. It is the Self.

Ego synthesized is selfhood, the sense of self-importance, that you really matter ... nothing could be further from the truth.

To maintain an opinion because it is thine, and not because it is true, is to prefer thyself above the truth.

All I do is lie, and that has made me immune to compliments.

The truth never becomes clear as long as we assume that each one of us, individually, is the center of the universe.

Happy are those who have overcome their egos; happy are those who have attained peace; happy are those who have found the Truth.

The truth is it's fun to be up there and know that you're in your underwear. Even though I know I'm exploiting my sexuality in a certain way, it's fun! It boosts my ego.

Ignoring the source of creation and trying to conduct your life yourself is a terribly egoistic and ignorant attitude towards life.