Quotes About Ego

most of our energy goes into upholding our importance.… If we were capable of losing some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us. One, we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our grandeur; and two, we would provide ourselves with enough energy to … catch a glimpse of the actual grandeur of the universe.

poder basado en el ego sólo durará tanto como esas cosas duren. Tan pronto como el título, el trabajo y el dinero se vayan, así se irá el poder.

Éste es nuestro mejor yo, el yo que no tiene ego, ese pequeño fragmento del Universo que actúa a través de nosotros para el bien de todos.

In everyday situations, getting out of the way begins by giving up on the ego's fantasies.

To receive graciously is an art that cannot be faked. If it is more blessed to give than to receive, it is much harder to receive than to give. We receive ungraciously out of pride, feeling that we don't need anyone's help, handouts, or charity, or out of some sense of discomfort. These are all ego reactions, and there is no need to have them once you realize that the giver is never the giver, just as the receiver is never the receiver. Both stand in for spirit.

How can you tell when your ego is getting in the way of your dreams? There are many clues, but the most important is anxiety. Whenever your self or your spirit is overshadowed by your self-image or your ego, you feel anxiety.

He thought others were small; that was his greatness.

We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit.

I'm a nice person. I'm just stupid to want people to like me.

Men. If you give them half a chance, they'll fuck you over just to prove they can.

Have you ever taken yourself a bit too seriously, thinking that who you are is actually defined by what you look like, how much talent you have (or don't have), how well known you are (or aren't), or how much money you have (or don't have)? Those are all "garments and labels" you wear during the course of your stay here on this planet, but it's not who you are. At the end of the day, when it's all said and done, you will turn all of that back in just like a car you had on lease.

Life probably does not hand us any more visceral experience of how we mistakenly define ourselves than by means of our physical body. From the day we were born, the message we received from the world was that we are our body. This was the first great lie we were given by means of the collective consciousness of humankind, which has always valued itself from the outside in.

A man from Mumbai asks you. "Do you know who I am?" A man from Delhi asks you. "Do you know who my father is?"

Thank you," Skulduggery said to her. "I fear he was about to start insulting me." "I couldn't let that happen," she said. "Your ego is a fragile and delicate thing." "You see? You understand me.

When I meet people, I no longer say "Hi, I'm Derek Landy, pleased to meet you." Now I say "Hi, I'm number one bestselling author Derek Landy. Worship me.

Serpine: No, my old enemy, I think for the moment anyway, we're all alone. And you have something I want Skulduggery: A winning sense of style?

I can't tell you how may beautiful women have broken up with me because they were bored. I can't tell you because it never happened. They all adored me." "It was your humility, wasn't it?

There's an I in menagerie. - Black Annis

I kill Cain," Crux said, pointing a finger back at himself. "Me. Not you, not the vampire, not the idiot." Scapegrace frowned. "Who's the idiot?

More the knowledge lesser the Ego, lesser the knowledge, more the Ego.

The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.

As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.

One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.

In any influence, will, a self, the ego, the I AM is the greater force to be dealt with, but as numbers do influence, a knowledge of same certainly gives an individual a foresight into relationships.