Ego Quote by Émile Zola

“He tried to keep on the right side of power, tried to be loyal to so many things that he himself couldn't tell which…

— Kiran Desai

“Utterly sure of himself, convinced of his power, certain that the laws that governed other men couldn't touch him, he made straight for any…

— Alexandre Dumas

“In what act or thought of his has there ever been self? What was his aim in life? Greatness - in other people's eyes.…

— Ayn Rand

“There was within him a deep unexpressed conviction that all would be well, but that one must not trust to this and still less…

— Leo Tolstoy

“In the most secret heart of every intellectual ... there lies hidden ... the hope of power, the desire to bring his ideas to…

— Lionel Trilling

“and there was only one revolutionary virtue which he had not learned, the virtue of self-deception”

— Arthur Koestler

“Though he was inquiring into himself as closely as he could, he never even told himself that he had been dishonest. Fraud and dishonesty…

— Anthony Trollope

“Too high for common selfishness, he could At times resign his own for others’ good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But…

— Lord Byron

“He used to hide his true self because he feared people wouldn’t like him, or would judge him for being too much this and…

— Scott Stabile

“He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want -- not to be admired, as he had feared; not to…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“He always kept up his spirits, and was able in literary circles to show that he could hold his own. But he was driven…

— Anthony Trollope

“He was in control of every aspect of his profession and he deferred to no one. In his private life, however, he was clueless.”

— Robert Bryndza