1,899 Quotes About Ego

The One whose ego (ahamkar) and my-ness (mamata) go away completely, is considered a complete tyaagi (one who has renounced worldly life). 

Birth and death are not of the Soul (Atma). The Soul is a permanent element. This birth and death are of the egoism. 

In renunciation, egoism is present; [but] there is no egoism in saiyam (a state in which there is absence of anger, pride, deceit, greed and attachment-abhorence). 

The acid test of conquering ego is to love what you hate.

We cannot fight ego. If we do that ego always win.

Mitch," he said, "the culture doesn't encourage you to think about such things until you're about to die. We're so wrapped up in egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaks - we're involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going. So we don't get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying, Is this all? Is this all I want? Is something missing?

Ego is the most important aspect of our life in the sense if we use it against the spaces between our hearts.

In division others see opportunity, In division I see suffering. In love it does not exist.

A person free of ego is often mistaken for a simpleton.