Quotes About Ego

Ambition distorts even memory itself. John Quincy Adams

I shall continue to quote Dr. Fox: 'But within the academic game of science it is all too easy for the researcher to lose himself in an irrelevant problem, in an intellectual mind-game that may give him the prestige of widespread scientific publication. And he may forget how many animals died for him on his ego trip. A man of science must also be a man of conscience and integrity, constantly assessing the purpose and ethics of his work, whether it involves animals or human subjects.

If you put yourself in the center of your world, you will find plenty of things to complain about.

When I opt for a me-centered "more," what I actually get is always much, much less.

There is no investment as poor as investment in the kingdom of self!

a root cause of suffering, according to the Buddha, is our fierce sense of self-centredness. Interestingly

I'm not conceited. I'm just honest about being so much better than other people.

I hate to be wrong. It makes me feel like a failure. Being wrong has the same affect on me as a lack of food or sleep. It lowers my entire mood. But, I need to be proved wrong sometimes, as it restores humility, and doesn't allow my ego to swell to stupidly big sizes.

False humility is better than no humility at all.

The ego isn't a bad thing. If we didn't develop a strong ego, a strong sense of self, we wouldn't be able to relate to and engage with the extremely powerful and archetypal forces (both dark and light) of the unconscious. If we don't have a strongly developed sense of self (even though it is not, ultimately speaking, the true self), we will get overwhelmed and taken over by the powers of the unconscious such that we will compulsively act them out.

most of the problems we think we have stem from too much self-focus rather than too little.

Trying to show people how talented and bright you are is the best way to make an idiot of yourself, and we ended up doing that with flying colors.

Gene snapped at Peter: "Peter, you're an illiterate idiot who can't read or even talk correctly and never finished school." "Yeah," said Peter, "and I'm in the same band as you.

Narcissists are actors playing a part. They are expert liars, and, even worse, they believe their own lies. Practiced in dishonesty, they can't tell the difference between their own version of truth and a falsehood. They may take the past and rearrange it to make themselves look good. They rarely if ever admit fault, and they never say they're sorry. —Rokelle Lerner, author of The Object of My Affection Is in My Reflection: Coping with Narcissists

He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

Although it is so evident when you look at nature that there is incredible abundance, the united ego of mankind in mass hysteria about lack, rushes to destroy the planet in order to get its piece of the pie before it all "runs out.

Truly humble people are grounded in reality; they neither preen under illusions of greatness nor suffer agonies of self-hatred.

The very rich only admire themselves.

Nothing ages as poorly as a beautiful woman's ego.

If you want to become a saint, live to please others, if you want to become a god, live entirely to please yourself.

What we aim to do is calm the spirit and get in touch with the source from which everything comes, removing any trace of malice or egotism. If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, youll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.

I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

You're so arrogant, you're almost macho.