Ego Quotes
1855 Ego quotes by 1000 unique authors
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It is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to realize that his own ego is of no importance in comparison with the existence…
— Adolf Hitler
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The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never…
— Janet Frame
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I was hitting him with what I thought was my full strength, I hit him in the head about four times and every time I…
— Robert Pattinson
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The contract like '91 Dan Marino. I swear this guy Michael Rapino's boostin my ego.
— Drake
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If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.
— David Brin
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The most influential books, and the truest in their influence, are works of fiction. They repeat, they re-arrange, they clarify the lessons of life; they…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be…
— David Brin
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The best part of it for me is the idea that this group of young men, who came together and believed in themselves, bought the…
— Tom Coughlin
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Rebirth is an affirmation that must be counted among the primordial affirmations of mankind. The concept of rebirth necessarily implies the continuity of personality. Here…
— Carl Jung
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People say "I want peace." If you remove I (ego), and your want (desire), you are left with peace.
— Sathya Sai Baba
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The 'coming of the Self' is an apocalypse for the ego, the 'you' that wants to hang along for the ride. It may be that…
— Daniel Pinchbeck
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We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's own ego and…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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...the goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the way - outwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot it; kill it.…
— Lawrence Kushner
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If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened.
— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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If the ego is in the slightest way separated from its source, it yearns to find it again. This search comes from the remembrance of…
— Jean Klein
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We've got to convince our egos and our minds that if we want to live happy lives, love is more important than anything else!
— Ken Keyes Jr.
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People are not afraid of death, they are afraid of losing their separation, they are afraid of losing their ego. Once you start feeling separate…
— Rajneesh
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Not the least of the problems in clarifying one's consciousness is developing the stoic determination to criticize one's own softness or sentimentality toward oneself. Ego,…
— Kenny Smith
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That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place- so transcend your ego…
— Wayne Dyer
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I have been continuously surprised by people who come to me and say they are afraid of love. What is the fear of love? It…
— Rajneesh
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The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some…
— Raymond Chandler
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The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.
— Northrop Frye
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The Jungian therapist taught me the difference between the ego and the shadow. I realized I'd been so busy being a good girl that I'd…
— Sue Grafton
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Some days you feel like you've had the greatest ego massage, then the next day you've been trampled on.
— Judy Woodruff
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Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational.
— Warren Buffett
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