Ego Quotes

1855 Ego quotes by 1000 unique authors

What does this patch-sewing mean you ask? Eating and drinking. The heavy cloak of the body is always getting torn. You patch it with food… — Unknown Author
This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly. If a man… — Matt Chandler
Asking, ‘If there is no God, what is the purpose of life?’ is like asking, ‘If there is no master, whose slave will I be?’… — Dan Barker
Oh, believe me. The greatest egos are those which are too egotistical to show just how egotistical they are. — William Inge
Why do people stop developing, or, like they stop the way you can rate their, psychologically, their development? Where they stop, and just from being… — Edie Sedgwick
People's need to protect their own egos know no bounds. They will lie, cheat, steal, even kill, to do whatever it takes to maintain what… — Unknown Author
Artists are most themselves when they are out of their minds, transcending the ego skirmishes of conceptual thought, and intuitively relinquishing control to the greater… — Alex Grey
The many faces of Collective Vision united by the mandalic eye-field suggest both expansion of consciousness and sharing of consciousness with other beings. The painting… — Alex Grey
I have an ego the size of a small planet — Linus Torvalds
There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll… — Giorgio Armani
My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy. — Renzo Gracie
You're the only one who knows when you're using things to protect yourself and keep your ego together and when you're opening and letting things… — Pema Chodron
To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact… — Eckhart Tolle
The ultimate freedom from the nonexistent ego is to see that it is actually irrelevant. — Adyashanti
To all those whose progress remains hampered by ego-related distractions, let humility - the spiritual cornerstone upon which Karate rests - serve to remind one… — Unknown Author
Liberation does not concern the person, for liberation is freedom from the person. Basically the disciple and teacher are identical. Both are the timeless axis… — Jean Klein
Misery makes you special. Misery makes you more egoistic. A miserable man can have a more concentrated ego than a happy man. A happy man… — Rajneesh
If life is a gift then all that belongs to life is going to be a gift. Happiness, love, meditation - all that is beautiful… — Rajneesh
I own and operate a ferocious ego. — Bill Moyers
Ego is the greatest killer of one's potential — Rick Pitino
All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth. — Aminatta Forna
When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving. — Craig Groeschel
HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have… — Randy Shilts
Being efficient is the easy part. Suppressing one's ego completely for hours at a time is really hard. — Colin Clark
Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown -- but the present is real, and your opportunities are now. You must… — Maxwell Maltz

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