“It is not your beauty, success or money that should define you; neither should your church calling, your charitable contributions or talents.… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I don't think actually that kind of ego check or "I could do better" mentality probably serves better in Hollywood, because it's… — Suzanne Todd Copy Share Image
When you can completely love your ego unconditionally and accept it as part of how you express in this life, you'll no… — Anita Moorjani Copy Share Image
“Ah, brothers, this God which I created was human work and human madness, like all gods! He was human, and only a… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
But even if ego-death is regarded as the optimum model for human existence, one of liberation from ourselves, it still remains a… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“Anyway, the trick is simply this: No matter what happens, keep your heart open. Wide open. The heart is made of love,… — Tony Vigorito Copy Share Image
You have to recognize that God isn't something outside of you - a cosmic bellboy to whom you pray in order to… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Well, one of the problems about being psychoanalyzed is, as Nietzsche said, Be careful lest in casting out your devils that you… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
There are a few of the authors that I think have made a great big impact on my life. The way I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Let's say you're auditioning for a part or you're going for a job you really want. You have to go in with… — Agapi Stassinopoulos Copy Share Image
Tragedy massages the human ego even as comedy deflates it. ... Tragedy pits us against large foes and the trip wire is… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
So crucify the ego, before its far too late To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical, And you… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
It's very good for you, riding. Every model is like, "I do yoga." I find horses have the same effect, in that… — Edie Campbell Copy Share Image
“Any God-given gift we have been blessed with is public property in the sense that we have been given it for the… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
The law of karma is neither fatalistic nor punitive; nor is man a hapless, helpless victim in its bonds. God has blessed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Roy Orbison was one of the genuinely nicest persons I've ever known. With one of the most beautiful voices in the history… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
“The Ego uses the mind as a means of spiritual search. It is through the mind that the Ego intends to understand… — Frank M. Wanderer Copy Share Image
All that the posture of skepticism accomplishes is to freeze the ego in an ignorantist poverty that never stretches or diversifies its… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Trying to achieve something in the spiritual world is just as foolish as trying to achieve something in the material world. There's… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“We must realize that we are all, like Dr. Faust, ready to accept the devil's inducements. The devil is in each one… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning… — Israel Albert Horowitz Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow.… — Frances Bay Copy Share Image
The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
Ideas about a person's place in society, his role, lifestyle, and ego qualities will lose their hold as the cohesive forces in… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have a tough time getting along with myself. When I was a child, I needed a lot of attention... and… — Ron Ben-Israel Copy Share Image
There is nothing better than playing a scene with John Cleese or Maggie Smith. It's electric. But I don't think I'm the… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
If one introspects and says with humility of heart: "I do not yet know the truth, but I have to find it"… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
I am black: I am the incarnation of a complete fusion with the world, an intuitive understanding of the earth, an abandonment… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego. Hold… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to own just a portion of your soul… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Whenever a few people are gathered with a spiritual impulse to connect, to resonate through the heart, to make a shift from… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of… — David Cone Copy Share Image
We all grow up with anger. It's part of the human condition. But what do you do with that? It seems obvious… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
“I've helped many friends and even strangers, start successful businesses, by encouraging their ideas, reshaping such visions and giving them a clear… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“The only permanent solution to your problems is to go inside and let go of the part of you that seems to… — Michael A. Singer Copy Share Image
It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination… — Hamilton Jordan Copy Share Image
