Quotes About Ego

Pride counterbalances all these miseries; man either hides or displays them, and glories in his awareness of them.

Certain authors, speaking of their works, say: My book, My commentary, My history, etc. They resemble middle-class people who have a house of their own and always have My house on their tongue.

S'il se vante, je l'abaisse; s'il s'abaisse, je le vante; et le contredis toujours, jusqu'à qu'il comprenne qu'il est un monstre incompréhensible.

All suffering comes from cherishing ourselves. All happiness comes from cherishing others. —Tibetan saying

I've heard you say many times That you're better 'n no one And no one is better 'n you If you really believe that You know you got Nothing to win and nothing to lose

Conceit is not necessarily a disease. It's more of a weakness.

All presidencies are audience driven, but Trump's central audience was often himself. He kept giving himself reviews. Most were passionately positive. Much of his brain was in the press box.

He's 71. He's not going to admit he's wrong, ever.

I realized," Bannon said later, "I'm the director, he's the actor.

All presidencies are audience driven, but Trump's central audience was often himself. He kept giving himself reviews. Most were passionately positive.

All presidencies are audience driven, but Trump's central audience was often himself.

Don't let anybody tell you how great they are. It's all bullshit.

realized," Bannon said later, "I'm the director, he's the actor.

People who took themselves too seriously not only were no fun, but could also be very dangerous.

Insecure men with a patina of authority could be annoying. Give those same men actual authority and they could be deadly.

Love is, after all, a selfish thing; and it throws a black shadow on anything between which and the light it stands.

Actually it is not necessary to renounce the objects of the world, because a human being does not actually own or possess anything. Therefore it is not necessary to renounce anything—but the sense of possessiveness should be renounced.

Jealousy is an evil which grows in the womb of ego and is nourished by selfishness and attachment.

Actually, you know what? You keep thinking I'm God's gift to women, angel. It's better for me if you believe I'm the best you can get.

He carried himself like a man who liked to fuck and knew he did it well. That subtle sexual arrogance.

You keep on thinking I'm God's gift to women, angel. It's better for me if you believe I'm the best you can get.

To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism.

But I am I now; and so many other millions are so irretrievably their own special variety of 'I' that I can hardly bear to think of it. I: how firm a letter; how reassuring the three strokes: one vertical, proud and assertive, and then the two short horizontal lines in quick, smug succession. The pen scratching on the paper…I…I…I…I…I…I.

Being mythological does wonders for one's ego.