Quotes About Ego

We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order. [...] We take what we know a little too seriously.

He who knows himself best esteems himself least.

A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.

Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off.

The equation for ego is: One over Knowledge.

Never to talk of oneself is a form of hypocrisy.

Of all the idiots I have met in my life and the Lord knows that they have not been few or little I think that I have been the biggest.

A man who truly knows himself realizes his own worthlessness, and takes no pleasure in the praises of men.

One may understand the cosmos but never the ego the self is more distant than any star.

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the not-self that there is no self left to die.

Do not make yourself so big. You are not so small.

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

The fragile ego of a poor leader can not resist the urge to tug at the delicate fabric of good order and disipline thus unraveling their own true nature.

Smart people don't learn... because they have too much invested in proving what they know and avoiding being seen as not knowing.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.

Your greatest asset is your learning ability. The ordinary stroke their egos - the exceptional polishes their craft

Arrogance is the conjoined twin of ignorance.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions.

There comes a moment in every person's life when they realise they adore me.