Quotes About Ego

A man came to Budha and said, "I want happiness". Budha replied" Remove 'I", its your ego, Remove "want" its you source of misery, Now you are left with "happiness".

Your ego interferes, your sense of self. When you let go of the mind, the Frisbee will take its own path.

Instead of your ego directing you and making countless mistakes, allow yourself to be guided by the invisible principles of the universe within your action.

It's difficult when you're successful, to admit that you need help.

I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism.

The ego is a self-justifying historian which seeks only that information that agrees with it, rewrites history when it needs to, and does not even see the evidence that threatens it.

Throughout history, most of the wrongs of the world have resulted from people absolutely sure they were in the right.

As long as there is a 'you' doing or not-doing, thinking or not-thinking, 'meditating' or 'not-meditating' you are no closer to home than the day you were born.

I don't know what kind of egomaniac is sitting at home thinking about the impact they have had on the culture. It's not something I actually think about until it comes up.

I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.

A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.

Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

When you're as important as I am, getting your feelings hurt by me is almost an honor.

He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.

I've always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let me go.

I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

Humanity is reaching the end of the evolutionary stage of ego. The closer we get to the end, the more dysfunctional humanity becomes.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.

Your lower self sees you as the center of the universe- your higher self sees you as a cell in the body of humanity.

It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

Humanity had to go through egoic madness and then outgrow it.