1,899 Quotes About Ego

Society mainly uses the concept of self to make the individual less unpredictable.

It is the mind, not the self, that feels (sad, happy, angry, etc.).

Be assured that whatever it is, there will be nothing ‘in it for me’ if I approach it from the perspective of ‘what’s in it for me.

The woods invite me into themselves so that I might be drawn out of myself. And if I have never engaged in such an exchange, I will find myself a man so full of myself that I am nothing but myself. And that is a terribly small thing to be.

There is no change in people, we only evolve through self-discovery or devolve when ego takes control.

I am smiling a big adopted-orphan smile as I write this ... I still love scribbling the word - WRITER - any time on a form, questionnaire, document asks for my occupation. Fine, I write personality quizzes, I don't write about the Great Issues of the Day, but I think it's fair to say I am a writer ... ('Adopted-orphan smile', I mean, that's not bad, come on.)

... The result, in this world view, is that real freedom comes not from the decisions of an ego-self’s “will” but from action without any Selfwhatsoever

Breath has two orientations- it either goes in or out. Similarly, your life energy has two orientations - dominating and submissive. It should keep flowing in both orientations. Always trying to be dominating is like trying to keep the breath out. Always trying to be submissive is like trying to keep the breath inside.

The fool who thinks he’s god will rather quickly discover that he is not, which simply means that the person who was fooled by the fool is none other than the fool himself.