1,899 Quotes About Ego

[...] Essence simply enjoys and commits attention and love to whatever is. In fact, committing attention to anything that is present results in enjoyment. The ego enjoys so little because it commits attention to what isn't present and to what it doesn't have, and suffers over that, instead of committing attention to whatever is. It loves its fantasies, dreams, and desires more than it loves reality.

I spend my life constantly calling in ‘imaginary’ debts that aren’t owed to me in order to avoid the ‘real’ debts that I owe to others, and so everybody ends up bankrupt.

Bullying happens because weak people need to prop up their ego by beating up or humiliating others.

Very well, young man, very well," Treville went on, "I know those airs. I came to Paris with four ecus in my pocket, and I'd have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.

When corruptors blame each other, the strongest wins.Apabila sesama koruptor saling menyalahkan, yang terkuat menang.

Being efficient is the easy part. Suppressing one's ego completely for hours at a time is really hard.

Welcome to gym. Where the quads and glutes and delts and pects, are the gods of brutes and svelte and sex.

If only we studied the stars as much as we study our own reflections.

Such an ego simply forbade certain lines of thought.