The devils of past religions have always, at least in part, had animal characteristics, evidence of man's constant need to deny that… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
“When true happiness shows up, the ego is bored with it: It's too plain, too ordinary, and it doesn't leave us feeling… — Gina Lake Copy Share Image
“The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Although I have no objection to accepting the existence of relatively constant psychic contents that survive personal ego, it must always be… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
I think Ronda's biggest fear was losing to me, so if we were to do it in WWE, she would have to… — Cris Cyborg Copy Share Image
Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I would model when they wanted me, and as I got older, they wanted an older model. I was quite willing to… — Maye Musk Copy Share Image
I believe that if one can understand one's false personality or ego, then they can develop self-awareness and the manifesting of that… — Michael Ray Copy Share Image
I really think insecurity is something that comes with being an actor - I don't know actors who aren't insecure. I do… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
Being here really is just the invitation to rest as Being. There is nothing you have to do. It is not an… — Mooji Copy Share Image
Although the patriarchal ego prides itself on being reasonable, the twentieth century has been anything but the Age of Reason. In our… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
“I always feel when I meet people that I am lower than all, and that they all take me for a buffoon;… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
When is a game more than a game? So often, we pay lip service to the uplifting power of sports, the teamwork,… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
When we meditate, we go beyond the swirl of thoughts, memories and emotions that tend to keep us stuck in our ego's… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Creative writing lessons can be very useful, just like music lessons can be useful. To say, as Hanif Kureishi did, that 99.9%… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Some people have bigger egos than others. You have to take a lot of abuse, and take it in and not respond,… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
It's 100% important to have a dialog with yourself going all the time. That's an ego talking to you, beckoning you to… — Judith E. Glaser Copy Share Image
I tended to be hard on the egos of a certain kind of men. The ones who normally swept women off their… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Dismantling the ego, quieting the mind, isn't something you can actively undertake to do. It just happens on its own, when you… — Jan Frazier Copy Share Image
A transference neurosis corresponds to a conflict between ego and id, a narcissistic neurosis corresponds to that between between ego and super-ego,… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
There was another thing I heartily disbelieved in - work. Work, it seemed to me even at the threshold of life, is… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
The inanity of her remark infuriated him. 'Good grief don't you understand Janet? At this point I'm thoroughly delusional. I'm as mentally… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Bruce, you’re an ugly and silly old man. You’re very possibly an alcoholic and God knows what else. You’re the type of… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
There's nothing more boring than a rock'n'roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
The ego can exist only if you take yourself and everything seriously. Nothing kills the ego like playfulness, like laughter. When you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
It’s interesting that most gadgets are called ‘iPhone’ and ‘iPod,’ with that ‘i’ prefix, which is ego. But most creativity is not… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
We Catholics must admit that there is a constant temptation among us to avoid the lectionary and the Word of God for… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Funnily enough, I feel the most free to be myself when I'm not doing my solo project. Whenever I'm in a situation… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
There is no 'thing' to let go of, but a concept, an idea of an ego that burdens us. As soon as… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“I speak as if he had no secrets from me. Well, then, you must know I was suffering from love and I… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“The real power of effective leadership is maximizing other people’s potential which inevitably demands also ensuring that they get the credit. When… — John Dickson Copy Share Image
We are identified with the ego, and with the ego there are many things: anger and hatred and jealousy and possessiveness and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud's psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
A genuine relationship is one that is not dominated by the ego with its image-making and self-seeking. In a genuine relationship, there… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The great arises out of small things that are honored and cared for. Everybody's life really consists of small things. Greatness is… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When you first come out of the box, you want to play the 300-capacity place, then it's 1,600-capacity, then it's an arena… — Craig David Copy Share Image
