Quotes About Ego

Long ago it took a Copernicus to tell a provincial world that this planet was not the center of the universe. Some selfish moderns need a Copernican reminder that they are not the center of the universe either!

As George MacDonald wisely wrote, "The one principle of hell is, I am my own!" 4 Fierce pride usually protects this wrong perception.

After all, everyone's favorite subject is themselves.

Vanity often roots itself in insecurity

the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.

I guess I just struggle with belonging to any organization. I always feel like I should be able to do it on my own. My ego tells me I'm better than all this... I want to rebel against it, though of course, I don't really have any options.

THE DESIRE FOR PRIVACY is strong; vanity is stronger.

took those drugs that made me search my soul, and try to see what I was all about … But the drugs back-fired. I took acid, and it squashed my ego down a little bit, and it hurt my feelings that I didn't have what someone else might have had. When you go through too much of that, it's like an attack you have inside your head. You won't accept it like that. I want it to be perfect! Music is perfect! 'But I never ever quit. See, I'm not a quitter.

The unconscious does not coo sweet lyrics or unroll immaculate and measured prose, it howls and raves like the shackled and tortured beast that our civilization has made of it, and when the fetters are momentarily loosened the unconscious does not thank the ego for this meagre relief, but hisses, spits, and bites, as any wild thing would.

The Pharisee isn't loving his neighbor as God's law requires—instead, he looks down on his neighbors, so he can feel good about himself. He doesn't love God with all his heart, soul, mind and strength, as the law says: he's using God for his own ego-grooming. He's like a terrible date: "Nice to meet you. Now let me talk about myself for an hour.

Some wield money like a blunt instrument, bludgeoning their way to what they want. Others hold it up like a flashing light. Look! See how important I am! I prefer to employ it as a lubricant, to ease the wear and tear of daily living.

There is one thing Margaret Thatcher said that I agree with: if you have to tell people you're important, you're not.

Zichzelf veroordelen is niet minder pretentieus dan zichzelf vergeven.

Humanity is the only totally false god.

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. (A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.)

Um idiota sempre encontra um idiota ainda maior para admirá-lo.

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.

A fool can always find a greater fool to admire him

They appear strangely flattered by the ekename.

show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person

Eric the Evil scowled. Well, hell. He was jealous of himself.

Your burden is of false self-identifications—abandon them all.