Ego Quotes

• The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Being Yourself, Command And Control

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.13, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• Don't let your ego get in the way of your success.

  Tony Horton

  Way

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• All you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that's the ego in you.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Needs, Feels, Inferiors

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.65, Penguin

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• The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

  Hamza Yusuf

  Wise, Struggle, Intelligent

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• Today, conducting is a question of ego: a lot of people believe they are actually playing the music.

  Daniel Barenboim

  Believe, People, Today

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• Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

  Marianne Williamson

  Yoga, Fall, Spirit

  Twitter post from Aug 10, 2013

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• If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Happiness, Time

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• I - Want - Peace, I is ego, Want is desire; Remove ego and desire and you have peace.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Desire, Want, Remove

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Aug 31, 2014

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• Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Jealous, Envy, Mind

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• Misery nourishes your ego - that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the ego.

  Rajneesh

  Mean, People, World

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• The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Ideas, Oneness

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.12, New World Library

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• Ego is simply an idea of who you are that you carry around with you.

  Wayne Dyer

  Ideas, Who You Are

  Wayne W. Dyer (2010). “The Power of Intention”, p.87, Hay House, Inc

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• Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.

  Anagarika Govinda

  Real, Space, Empty

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• If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then YOU have an EGO problem

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Ego Problem, Feels, Ifs

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• The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Religious, Knowledge, Special

  "The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment". Book by Eckhart Tolle, 2004.

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• Anytime there is a struggle between doing what is actually right and doing what seems right, then your ego is interfering with your decision.

  Darren Johnson

  Mistake, Struggle, Decision

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• An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding contemporary events, and incapable of drawing right conclusions about the future. It is hypnotized by itself and therefore cannot be argued with. It inevitably dooms itself to calamities that must strike it dead.

  Carl Jung

  Learning, Past, Drawing

  Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Gerhard Adler (1953). “The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Psychology and alchemy”

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• When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Beautiful, Being Positive, Limits

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• Me, me, me! Mine, mine, mine! I'm right, I'm right, I'm right. What's in it for me? How do I use this? How do I take advantage of it? This is the way of the ego. Own this within yourself and you will begin to release yourself from it.

  Leonard Jacobson

  Use, Way, Release

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• Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. Just as the word “water” is a noise that symbolizes a certain liquid without being it, so too the idea of ego symbolizes the role you play, who you are, but it is not the same as your living organism.

  Alan Watts

  Reality, Play, Ideas

  Alan Watts (1999). “Buddhism the Religion of No-Religion”, p.29, Tuttle Publishing

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• The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn't belong to the soul.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Lying, Yoga, Meditation

  Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

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• Humanity is reaching the end of the evolutionary stage of ego. The closer we get to the end, the more dysfunctional humanity becomes.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Humanity, Reaching, Ends

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• You are not one person, but three: The one you think you are; The one others think you are; The one you really are.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Thinking, Three, Persons

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from May 08, 2016

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• The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.

  Criss Jami

  Success, Challenges

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.87, Criss Jami

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• When one is without ego, one becomes immediately free of all personal judgements, and perceives life and the world with divine eyes and mind.
  Nothing is offensive to them and they remain in perfect serenity and peace always.

  Mooji

  Life, Peace, Eye

  Mooji (2017). “White Fire: Spiritual Insights and Teachings of Advaita Zen Master Mooji”, p.119, New Harbinger Publications

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