Quotes About Ego

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty...But I am too busy thinking about myself.

No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity

It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness.

No man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him.

Now, whatever, either on good or upon bad grounds, tends to raise a man in his own opinion, produces a sort of swelling and triumph, that is extremely grateful to the human mind.

It may be that Japanese culture is not ego-based like Western culture: argument has often a strong ego base. The most likely explanation is that Japanese culture was not influenced by those Greek thinking idioms which were refined and developed by medieval monks as a means of proving heretics to be wrong. (p36)

People think they are individuals because they use the word ''I'' so often.

People think they are individuals because they use the word I so often, Patrick commented.

humility was the ultimate arrogance

He wondered if he could ever make his ego light enough to relax in not having to settle the meaning of things. What would that feel like?

Three things destroy a man: considering his own deeds to be really great, forgetting the sins that have been committed, considering his own opinion to be the highest.

How many crimes are committed simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.

The need to be right -- the sign of a vulgar mind.

Ego = 1/ Knowledge: More the knowledge lesser the ego, lesser the knowledge more the ego.

The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.

Narcissistic vampires are absolutely shameless in their fantasies about how great they are and how much everybody admires them, or should.

With no objective support whatsoever, Narcissistic Legends see themselves as more talented and intelligent than other people. They are expert in finding small ponds that will let them be big fish, and extorting Narcissistic supplies from people whose need to be needed is as great as their vampiric need to be adored.

The bottom line is this: With Narcissistic Superstars everything is always a transaction. If you want to get anything for yourself, you have to be as much like one of these stores as possible. Look good, suck up, and price yourself way above the market. Always remember that the more something costs, the more vampire Superstars will want it.

Narcissistic Superstars are as vain about their management skills as they are about everything else. They'd like to inspire the fall-on-my-sword-for-you sort of loyalty that they believe to be the mark of great leadership. Actually, they're far more likely to make people want to stab them, or merely go away and work somewhere else. Superstars seldom admit it, but their failure to inspire loyalty hurts their managerial egos.

On the other hand, although perhaps more rarely, happiness comes without any ego satisfaction. Monks, hermits, anchorites sometimes find this kind of happiness, but so do men and women who are simply content with what they have regardless of whether it is much or little. Ego satisfaction is a clear reflection of self, or as clear as the muddy water of experience will allow.

The angry man always thinks he can do more than he can.

I've often thought that there isn't any "I" at all; that we are simply the means of expression of something else; that when we think we are ourselves, we are simply the victims of a delusion.

La vergüenza es un orgullo disfrazado

Sometimes it also helps to have a bit less pride.