1,899 Quotes About Ego

Don't try to create the world in your image-that was God's mistake.

The ego is not master in its own house .

Your Ego and your Shadow are in constant conflict.

The Dragon is the gatekeeper to the Divine Court who lets pass only those who have stripped off all the garments of religiosity and custom, and who are ready and willing to give up their very lives. For beyond this desert, the Sufi loses him or herself and gains Allah. That is why they call it a dessert. That is why it is such a frightening place, for the ego cannot pass by the Gatekeeper!

People who claim they don't care what others think about them get restless when they know what others are thinking about them.

Adjustment that floats on waters of tolerance, That shakes endurance with sensible stickAbove highs of pride in lagoons aroundBelow oceanic trench of egoistic self-structure Lie small pond with diversity of colorful floraThat swallows pebbles, even lineage of rocksPebbles of stench talks, rocks of stinky taunts

If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you as a human being, no humility, no compassion. You would not be reading this now. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.

Meine HärteIch muss weg über hundert Stufen,Ich muss empor und hör euch rufen:"Hart bist du; sind wir denn von Stein?" —Ich muss weg über hundert Stufen,Und Niemand möchte Stufe sein.

A true believer in God prays only to thank, never to ask; and welcomes, with open arms, every single thing that is happening.