1,899 Quotes About Ego

Reaching beyond ourselves, exceeding our mind is not a simple thing. It is, in fact, impossible–one half of the Ego is trying to exceed the other.

In most people, the term “consciousness” identifies with that socially conditioned Ego. At a number of people this identification is so powerful that they are unaware that their life is governed by a socially conditioned mind.

By assembling the mosaic image of our own mosaic of “truth” (our own version of the “truth”) from our accumulated knowledge and through comparisons with those of others, we shall not be free and do not get closer to Truth. We have only created a beautiful (or not so beautiful) spiritual mask, and behind it the Ego grins at us and the world created by itself.

Remember, Reilly, gossip is just people's insecurity and fear of what they don't really understand," Eilam said. "It is unconsciously propagated to feed their egos." "Doesn't it ever bother you?", Reilly asked as he pulled the top off his yogurt. "I've lived too long to put any stock in the external judgments of others,or to take anything personally.

В ежедневното общуване хората са склонни да не показват емоциите си. Его-защити могат да възпрепятстват осъзнаването им дори от страна на субекта, а различни социални норми, страх от или неспособност за себеразкриване да ограничат индивида до културно предписани схеми на това "какво, кога и по какъв начин трябва да се чувства". (Например: когато почине близък човек, трябва да се изпитва тъга, която задължително следва да се материализира в общоприети ритуали на печал.)

Being disciplined with an ego that makes you to feel like you can never be disciplined by any other person is "indiscipline".

Winning or losing achieves the same result--change.

Stupidity is letting your pride rob you of God’s blessings.

If you lack the humility to go back and tie up the loose ends in your past, then be prepared to forever be haunted by her ghosts, all of whom will come into your present and your future— staining everything and everyone with their leftover emotional and mental garbage. Humility is the master key that can get you out of all your cages; why do you choose your ego and stay in your prisons?