Quotes About Ego

After all, he muttered, what can they do to shake the confidence of a fellow whos got delusions of adequacy?

Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error.

Vanity is often the unseen spur.

All is vanity, nothing is fair.

It's better to swallow pride than blood.

The notion that the one who thinks (the Ego) is at least in principle completely separate from and independent of the reality that he thinks about is of course firmly embedded in our entire tradition.

The main thing that gets us men into dangerous situations is, well, ourselves. It's the belief, cherished in the heart of every man in the world--single and married, young and old--that he is James Bond. . . . And while most of us don't carry guns, we do have something in our pants that frequently gets us into foolhardy situations.

Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if believed, can ruin you. If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

The people who are made larger by suffering go on to stage two small rebellions. First, they rebel against their ego ideal. .. down in the valley, they lose interest in their ego ideal

Man, who thinks he knows everything. But what does man know...Man cares only for himself, in his fear and hate.

I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something I think that's human nature.

This guy's all ego. BUT I'M ALL ID." -Poseidon

No matter what bosses say, it's all about them. You are just an instrument to them. They'll treat you well as long as you're useful.

Desde el principio supe que yo era un genio. Tenía en mí la dosis de sufrimiento necesaria para la formación del genio. No creo haber cambiado con la fama: son los otros los que cambiaron. Fue el mundo entero el que de pronto comprendió quién era yo.

despite the unpopularity of the notion, surrender plays a crucial role in the spiritual journey as understood by most major religions and spiritual traditions. Far from being a sign of weakness, only surrender to something or someone bigger than us is sufficiently strong to free us from the prison of our egocentricity. Only surrender is powerful enough to overcome our isolation and alienation.

With the self that is created in God's likeness rejected, our false self is the self we develop in our own likeness. This is the person we would like to be—a person of our own creation, the person we would create if we were God. But such a person cannot exist, because he or she is an illusion

Sensing its fundamental unreality, the false self wraps itself in experience—experiences of power, pleasure and honor. Intuiting that it is but a shadow, it seeks to convince itself of its reality by equating itself with what it does and achieves.

Basil Pennington suggests that the core of the false self is the belief that my value depends on what I have, what I can do and what others think of me.

The way of the true self is always the way of humility. Pride and arrogance move us toward our false self, but humility and love allow us to live the truth of our being.

Suicide - " jumps off his ego onto his IQ

Celebrity is the mother of pretension.

The ego, or ordinary mind, is what develops after we are born. In part, it comes from inside but mostly from the outside—through our interactions with our parents, significant others, and our environment. We introject parts of them, which becomes a false self that gets enmeshed with our true self.

What is 'healthy' for one dominant ego-image at a particular stage of life may be decidedly unhealthy for the nascent ego-image of the next stage of life.

To use the mind for purposes of pride and aggrandizement is like a gusty wind or a violent storm; it cannot last long.23