1,899 Quotes About Ego

Feast on your imperfections, or starve on your ego.

Like pretty much every debate, an argument is an explosion caused by the collision of egos.

The ego knows the truth but the truth never knows the ego

Ego is an illusion of I.

Since the human mind is incapable of discerning truth from falsehood, it is forced to constantly create erroneous stories to explain, justify and categorize everything.

The praise of man brings with it three snares: pride, false security and addiction. Taking the glory unto self and not acknowledging God, relying on what I can do and entrenching a false sense of self worth and getting addicted to more praise. The praise of God is real and everlasting.

Ego, craving distinction, belongs to the narrowness of now; but self, looking for union, belongs to the past and future, to the continuum, to the outside. Of all the visions of the Grandfathers, the greatest is this: To seek the high concord, a man looks not deeper within - he reaches farther out.

Necesitar ser como Dios es intrínsecamente necesitar tirar a la basura lo que se es. Ser otro distinto a uno mismo. Y esta necesidad deviene, en los modos más sofisticados y recónditos, un rechazo de sí mismo que, sin embargo, emerge como una ansiedad por uno mismo. El orgullo, el amor propio, son en realidad odio a uno mismo.

Whether it's personal foibles or a bureaucrat's ego, the stubborn defence of stupidity is unforgivable.