Quotes About Ego

The last great attempt to free consciousness from the domination of impulses and social controls was psychoanalysis; as Freud pointed out, the two tyrants that fought for control over the mind were the id and the superego, the first a servant of the genes, the second a lackey of society—both representing the "Other." Opposed to them was the ego, which stood for the genuine needs of the self connected to its concrete environment.

Even the most highly respected physicist, artist, or politician becomes a hollow bore and ceases to enjoy life if all he can interest himself in is his limited role in the universe.

You are a beautiful soul hidden by the trench coat of the ego.

NIH syndrome is characterized by a decision to discard all of what the other developer accomplished with the intent of demonstrating a superior solution. Such an act of sheer egotism demonstrates little interest in preserving the best of another's work and using it as a springboard to newer heights.

all thoughts, no matter how altruistic, always end up being self-centred in some way if you give them long enough

I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.

The gods of war have reawakened me. They've ignited my ego and want me to go to war again.

Oh vanity! You are the lever with which Archimedes wanted to raise the earthly globe!

Americans have a severe disease — worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex.

In my mind, the sexiest thing in the world is the feeling that you're wanted. The slightly nervous asking of your phone number. The text message asking you to dinner. The simple overture of wanting me can satisfy my ego for a good long time.

Being known is really fun, extremely strange, and not very important. This

Each man's heart is for himself.

Dao sam se zgaziti od glupana jer sam i sam glupan... Da se nisam dao zgaziti, nega da sam pravodobno gazio druge oko sebe, bio bih danas ugledno i poštovano gra?ansko lice!

You have crossed a line, but it does not change who you are. Don't forget that. A man may be dressed up in all manner of fancy titles, but he must not let it change him or else ego, pride and ambition will be his undoing. No matter what grand title is bestowed upon you, to thine own self be true. Do you understand?

Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, et cetera it is the ego they cannot forgo.

Ego is the most important aspect of our life in the sense if we use it against the spaces between our hearts.

And self-conceit leads straight to self-deceit.

Alle Menschen sind mir in solchem Maße verhasst, dass es mich ärgern würde, wenn ich in ihren Augen weise wäre

Do not therefore pull yourself up with vain-glory about the trifling advantages of a poor victory.

War is the biggest ego trip of all time.

Whether attained by craft or by chance, great power has a way of defining the person who wields it. Finding themselves venerated by those around them, the supremely powerful almost inevitably begin to worship themselves.

I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. I'm so great I don't have a mark on my face. I shook up the world.

It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.