Quotes About Ego

Obsession with self is the motif of our time.

They even believe they can somehow control life itself. It is hard to learn that life cannot be controlled. Life's powerful and mysterious process goes on, no matter what we do. Life cannot be controlled because it is far too rich, spontaneous and rambunctious to be fully understood, much less controlled by our thinking, controlling ego/false self (Cermak 1985).

In order to survive, the traumatized child's Real Self (True Self or Child Within) goes into hiding deep within the unconscious part of its psyche. What emerges is a false self or ego which tries to run the show of our life, but is unable to succeed because it is simply a defense mechanism against pain and not real. Its motives are based more on needing to be right and in control.

It is hard to learn that life cannot be controlled. Life's powerful and mysterious process goes on, no matter what we do. Life cannot be controlled because it is far too rich, spontaneous and rambunctious to be fully understood, much less controlled by our thinking, controlling ego/false self (Cermak 1985).

I'm Jesus Christ, whether you want to accept it or not, I don't care.

Look down at me and you see a fool; look up at me and you see a god; look straight at me and you see yourself

Look down on me and you see a fool, look up at me and you see a god. Look straight at me and you see yourself.

Remember, there's an inverse relationship between your head and your heart. If your head swells, your heart shrinks. Tucker

The male ego is a curious thing. It's about the size of a small continent but it's extremely brittle.

In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs

We have a fictional "I" that we try to love and protect. We spend most of our life playing this futile game. "What will happen? How will it go? Will I get something out of it?" I, I, I—it's a mind game of illusion, and we are lost in it.

Ego says: I want someone to fill me up. Spirit says: I'll have someone to help me wake up, to challenge my blind spots and be a companion and playmate on the journey.

My father has a high opinion of his opinion

By the time Cheryl Hersha came to the facility, knowledge of multiple personality was so complete that doctors understood how the mind separated into distinct ego states, each unaware of the other. First, the person traumatized had to be both extremely intelligent and under the age of seven, two conditions not yet understood though remaining consistent as factors. The trauma was almost always of a sexual nature… (p52)

Humans are beautifully imperfect and complex. We're horny, ass-saving, ego-driven drug fiends, among other, more noble things.

Swetland remembered, "Ficus declared that if anyone asked what the Big O51 of anything was, he was simply going to say, 'I'm far too handsome to answer that question.

Merridale was as self-centered as a Broadway star on opening night.

I am a businessman. To me, people only do things out of self-interest.

And sometimes in life, it is about taking the better option even if it doesn't appear to be macho.

Sure, there's no "I" in "team" but there is a "ME"!

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

His vanity stands alone, sky-piercing, as sharp of outline as an Egyptian monolith. It is the only unpleasant feature in him that is not modified, softened, compensated by some converse characteristic.

Some folks wear their halos much too tight.

If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you really are.