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title: "7 Ego Simply Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Ego Simply quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Ego Simply sayings and thoughts."
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> [Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/ego-is-a-social-institution-with-no-physical-reality-the-ego-is/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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> [Ego is simply an idea of who you are that you carry around with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/ego-is-simply-an-idea-of-who-you-are-that-you-carry-around-with-you/)

[Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/wayne-dyer-158_carry_ego-is-simply-an-idea-of-who-you-are-tha_577985.png)

> [“The ego is an amazing mechanism. You don't need to fight it back. You just need to realize that you'll come back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sacredfire/the-ego-is-an-amazing-mechanism-you-don-t-need-to-fight-it-back-you/)

[Robin Sacredfire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sacredfire/)

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> [Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. Just as the word “water”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/ego-is-a-social-institution-with-no-physical-reality-the-ego-is-2/)

[Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/)

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> [Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-salzberg/our-practice-rather-than-being-about-killing-the-ego-is-about-simply/)

[Sharon Salzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-salzberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/911/sharon-salzberg-562_buddhism_our-practice-rather-than-being-about-kil_2458031.png)

> [Such an ego simply forbade certain lines of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/such-an-ego-simply-forbade-certain-lines-of-thought/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/stephen-king-13_certain_such-an-ego-simply-forbade-certain-lines_2634365.jpg)

> [To test a man's ego, simply ask him a complicated question. A good person will never be afraid to admit they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzy-kassem/to-test-a-man-s-ego-simply-ask-him-a-complicated-question-a-good/)

[Suzy Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzy-kassem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/suzy-kassem-596_answers_to-test-a-man-s-ego-simply-ask-him-a-com_2832123.png)

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