Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Ego Quotes
EgoIdentityResilienceSelf-ConfidenceSeparation Of Self Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.
BalanceEgoHumilitySelf-awarenessWarning I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted, and in consequence, persons lose their balance.
AcceptanceEgoInspirationRespectValidation I do value the respect I get from my contemporaries, but to have Oasis cover my song, to have Puff Daddy cover a song, to have Goldie come along to my gigs - that's where my ego is at. To have my fellow musicians like what I do, that's very cool.
AdmirationEgoPatriotismPublic PerceptionSelf-Expression Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.
ConnectionEgoEmpathyHumanity When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.
EgoHumilitySelf-awareness Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
EgoHumilityOpportunitySelf-awarenessSuccess Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.
Collective BehaviorDYSFUNCTIONEgoInsanity The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.
AttentionConsciousnessEgoMindSelf-awareness The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
EgoPerspectiveScience If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
EgoHumilityIdentitySelf Worth Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.
EgoMindSelf-Identity In the egoic state, your sense of self, your identity, is derived from your thinking mind - in other words, what your mind tells you about yourself: the storyline of you, the memories, the expectations, all the thoughts that go through your head continuously and the emotions that reflect those thoughts. All those things make up your sense of self.
EgoSelf-IdentityThought Processes To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history.
EgoHumilityInner PeacePurposeSelf-Transcendence The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.
CollectivismEgoIndividualism In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
EgoFear of ThreatInsecurityPhantom NatureVulnerability Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.
DeathEgoFear Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life.
AttitudeConfidenceEgoPersonalitySelf-awareness I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say.
