Ego Quotes

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.

In their dreams at night, people wander around as long as they sleep; just so, they are under the power of the snake Maya, as long as their hearts are filled with ego and duality.

When the body is filled with ego and selfishness, the cycle of birth and death does not end.

The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion.

It is the nature of the ego to take, and the nature of the spirit to share.

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.
Tom Lehrer

Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Serving the Guru, I have found eternal peace; my ego has been silenced and subdued.

The minimum qualifications for Grace are surrender of ego.

Campaign against the temptations of the senses; Conquer inner foes; Triumph over your ego.

There's only one thing that can keep growing without nourishment: the human ego
Marshall Lumsden

About the Ego. There are two fields in which it operates and so, it has two meanings,

About eighty to ninety per cent of the population must be rated about as high in ego-security as the most secure individuals in our society, who comprise perhaps five or ten per cent at most.

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

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.

When we have passed beyond individualising, then we shall be real Persons. Ego was the helper; Ego is the bar.







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