Ego Quotes

1855 Ego quotes by 1000 unique authors

The stench of the trail of Ego in our History. It is ego - ego, the fountain cry, origin, sole source of war. — George Meredith
Forgiveness is not a matter of feeling superior, of feeling sorry for our parents because they didn't' know any better. It comes when we understand… — Gerald Jampolsky
You know men. We have delicate egos. — Cassandra Clare
The ego isn't wrong; it's just unconscious. When you observe the ego in yourself, you are beginning to go beyond it. Don't take the ego… — Eckhart Tolle
We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own… — Pope Benedict XVI
The punishment – to the body, the brain, the spirit – a man must endure to become even a moderately good boxer is inconceivable to… — Joyce Carol Oates
Fifteen minutes of fame doesn't make a career. An article in a magazine, newspaper, interview on television or multiple print ads may stroke your ego,… — Jack White
If you investigate the matter deeply enough and widely enough, you will find that happiness eludes nearly all men despite the fact that they are… — Paul Brunton
The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in a realm of… — Russell Kirk
Piety is a discipline of the will through respect. It admits the right to exist of things larger than the ego, of things different from… — Richard M. Weaver
Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego. — John Cheever
To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun… — Herbert Hoover
There is another side [to ego] that can wreck a team or an organization. That is being distracted by your own importance. It can come… — Bill Walsh
The purpose of work is to give people a chance to utilize and develop their faculties; to enable them to overcome their ego-centeredness by joining… — E F Schumacher
... whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am… — Eric Clapton
I get pretty terrified, to be honest, when I'm on tour. You really have to muster a lot of ego to go our there, which… — Michael Hutchence
The star player must slay his ego and learn teamwork and communication skills before he can achieve the ultimate in sport — Walt Frazier
If an architect's ego is very small, he is done for it; if it is vast then he might make some very important contributions. — Paolo Soleri
Whenever there remains any support for the ego within, even if it be only an atom's weight, then you are pretentious and have a devil… — Ibn Ata Allah
Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and… — Ramana Maharshi
The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal. — Pema Chodron
The idea of buddha mind is not purely a concept or a theoretical, metaphysical idea. It is something extremely real that we can experience ourselves.… — Chogyam Trungpa
The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself — Byron Katie
After all, what is your personal identity? It is what you really are, your real self. None of us is what he thinks he is,… — Thomas Merton
That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot… — David O. Russell

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