1,899 Quotes About Ego

Neither the world nor one’s actions cause obstructions; kashays (inner anger, pride, deceit, greed) cause obstruction!

You can dress up greed, but you can’t stop the stench.

I am selfish by habit, but sacrificial by nature. Therefore, I’d be wise to develop the habit of following my nature.

As long as there is greed (desire) for even a single situation, one will have to come back into the world and wandering will continue until then.

Every human being is indeed unhappy as long as he is not free from kashays.

The one whose kashays, (inner anger, pride, deceit, greed) are gone is worthy of worship. The absence of inner intent of kashays is indeed Gnani!

The assumption is that if I expend myself for myself in the end all I’ll be left with is myself, and that alone is frightening. But what I’ve failed to consider is that I have to expend so much of myself living for myself that in the end I’m really left with very little of myself, and that is unimaginably frightening.

Hanging around people you’re smarter than is good for your ego. Hanging around people who are smarter than you is good for your intellect.

Maybe what I need to be rescued from is the feeling that I don’t need to be rescued, for without a doubt this is the most difficult rescue of all.