Quotes About Ego

When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is hopeless.

The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it's the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body.

The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is a white albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the Ego, and their mission in this world is Bad Shit. We do know what's going on, and we let it go on. As long as we can see them, stare at them, those massively moneyed, once in a while. As long as they allow us a glimpse, however rarely. We need that. And they know it - how often, under what conditions...

The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is a white albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the Ego, and their mission in this world is Bad Shit.

Put it this way—everybody has to have somebody to make em look good, which just happens to be you in this case.

Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.

People are never more sincere than when they assume their own moral superiority.

The ostrich burying its head in the sand does at any rate wish to convey the impression that its head is the most important part of it.

it takes a very secure male ego to handle sexual equality.

It's terrible to live believing that everything you do is of the utmost importance.

Let go of your small self and become your true self.

All people live in a fantasy in which they are the main character.

It's so hard to see when my eyes are on me.

To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.

A man who truly knows himself realizes his own worthlessness, and takes no pleasure in the praises of men.

Some men think the sun comes up just to hear them crow.

The fights are so vicious because the stakes are so small." Everybody here has got here by intense competition, moderated by character assassination.

What is it in you that brings you to a spiritual teacher in the first place? It's not the spirit in you, since that is already enlightened, and has no need to seek. No, it is the ego in you that brings you to a teacher.

Buddhist discipline is designed to transmute trishna, or egoic narcissism, into Karuna, Divine Narcissism; that is, to transmute self-love, which excludes love of others, into Self-love, which is love of others.

I'm such a clever Toad.

Remember: If you run more than 3 miles five times per week (or a combination totaling 15 miles per week), you are running for something other than fitness, such as competition or ego-building.

To do God's will is simply to surrender our ego and accept what is. It is to develop a nonviolent approach to life: to recognize and accept our weaknesses and limitations, to be friendly with the universe instead of fighting against it, to accept that there are things that we simply cannot control or predict.

What most people refer to as "Seriousness" is actually a sign of the ego. Most of us are "serious" because we are too self-obsessed - obsessed by our self-importance and our own notions of what is good, what is right, what is true, etc.

The Zen experience is what happens when you lose yourself in the moment. It feels as if the whole world stops, and you have a supreme sense of harmony and peace. But in fact, what actually stops is your ego-process. When the ego-process stops, so stop your expectations, desires, worries, and anxiety. Then you find yourself living in the present, overtaken by joy and filled with peace.