1,899 Quotes About Ego

هناك نوعان من الفخر الشخصي، الأول هو فخر جيد يمثل كرامتنا واحترام الذات, والآخر سيئ ويمثل الفوقية أو الغرور والغطرسة.أجرحني بالحقيقة ولا تواسيني في كذبك

There is nothing like getting rid of the ego. Just the fact of realizing that the ego is there is an important step. You can realize that you are just a dot in the immensity of the universe. Then you can become one with everything around you. You will reach the level of being a servant of the universe. You will also feel the great responsibility that you have.

But the shadow is merely somewhat inferior, primitive, unadapted, and awkward; not wholly bad. It even contains childish or primitive qualities which would in a way vitalize and embellish human existence, but convention forbids!

Men have been taught that the ego is the synonym of evil, and selflessness the ideal of virtue. But the creator is the egotist in the absolute sense, and the selfless man is the one who does not think, feel, judge or act. These are functions of the self.

Once we are lost unto ourselves, everything else is lost to us.

Once you can see the show that your ego produces in your mind you can start to influence and now direct the performances

Master Yourself and you master your environment! Such is the nature of wisdom.

By identifying with a particular name that belongs to a particular body and mind, the self begins the process of creating a separate identity. Add in a complex jumble of ideas, beliefs, and opinions, along with some selective and often painful memories with which to create a past to identify with, as well as the raw emotional energy to hold it all together, and before you know it, you've got a very convincing - though divided - self.

It’s thinking that I had the solution that probably created the problem in the first place.