
External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody’s mind continuously. Ryan HolidayĪll ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are. It’s the sense of superiority and certainty that exceeds the bounds of confidence and talent. Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you.

The gulf left by the absence of ego is quickly filled with knowledge. Muhammad Iqbal Click to tweetĪ man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. The cosmic banana peel is suddenly going to appear underfoot to make sure you don’t take it all too seriously, that you don’t fill up on junk food. Whenever the world throws rose petals at you, which thrill and seduce the ego, beware. Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance and be ready to let it go. The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working. Friedrich NietzscheĪll you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that’s the ego in you. Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself. The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Your ego screams for people to acknowledge you. The bigger your ego, the more you’re scared, the more others control your life. The bigger your heart, the more you love, the more you control your life. My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.

Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive. We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause. Pema ChödrönĮgo is false confidence, self-respect is true confidence. Related quotes and topics: humility, confidence, fear The Best Ego Quotes Friedrich Nietzscheĭon’t worry about looking good worry about achieving your goal. Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‘Ego’. Destroy your fears so you can take risks. Harbhajan Singh Yogiĭestroy your illusions so you can see reality.

Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
