Ego Quotes
It sometimes happens and will sometimes happen again that I forget who I am and strut before my eyes, like a stranger.
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.
Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally.
I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart.
The point isn't to deny our Egos, but to extricate ourselves from our exclusive preoccupation with them.
The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
The ego will endure the worst agonies of neurotic misery rather than consent to one minute of diminishment of its sense of importance.
The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.
The ego-drama is nothing compared with the theo-drama. The fun begins when we let God write our stories.
Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.
You cannot fight against the ego and win, just as you cannot fight against darkness. The light of consciousness is all that is necessary. You are that light.
Spirituality dawns when individuality vanishes. When our ego becomes aware of something that is higher than it - the individual Spirit, or Soul; then spirituality dawns.
Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos.Persons appear byentering into relationwith other persons.
To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.
I'm just trying to rid the world of all these fevered egos that are tainting our collective unconscious.
Modern man believes he is fruitful and productive when his ego is aggressively affirmed, when he is visibly active, and when his action produces obvious results.
The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible.
The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.
I surrounded myself with people who indulged my ego. They treated me as though I was Ziggy Stardust or one of my characters, never realising that David Jones might be behind it.
Humanity is reaching the end of the evolutionary stage of ego. The closer we get to the end, the more dysfunctional humanity becomes.
Questing... is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
Ego is just a feeling of having a wall between you and others. There is no wall. You belong to me and I belong to you. You are accepted the way you are.
Spirituality is the intersection of three paths: letting go of ego, an unconditional yes to the conditions of human existence, and an immeasurable compassion.
Women in politics are more honest and forthright. We are not in it for the ego gratification.
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
Here is just emptiness. There is no getting my ego out of the way, and all that stuff. There is just the seeing, shining in great brilliance and clarity.
I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
Man can be that which he wishes to be; form and substance, they are but shadows. The mind, the ego, the essence of the god-dream -- that is real, that is immortal.
Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego.
I think everyone is a little egocentric, but when I help someone I lose 0.01% of my ego.
Step by step, let whatever happens happen. Real change will come when it is brought about, not by your ego, but by reality. Awareness releases reality to change you.
