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  Ram Dass

  Spiritual, Moving, Practice

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• The "18/40/60" rule to happiness:
  At age 18, people care very much about what others think of them.
  By age 40, they learn not to worry what others think.
  By age 60, they figure out that no one was thinking about them in the first place.

  Daniel Amen

  Happiness, Caring, Thinking

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• Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.

  Sigmund Freud

  Crazy, Average, Mad

  "Analysis Terminable and Interminable". Book by Sigmund Freud, sect. 5, 1937.

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• One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Stars, Knowledge, Acceptance

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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• Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Dog, Witty

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• Whenever there is negativity in you, if you can be aware in that moment that there is something in you that takes pleasure in it or believes it has a useful purpose, you are becoming aware of the ego directly. The moment this happens your identity has shifted from ego to awareness. This means the ego is shrinking and awareness is growing.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Believe, Mean, Negativity

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.77, Penguin

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• The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Use, Spirituality, Problem

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.15, Shambhala Publications

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• The Ego is a veil between humans and God’.” “In prayer all are equal.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Prayer, Veils

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• The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Inspirational, Motivational, Ego Problem

  Masudul Hasan, Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1978). “Stories and Biographies from Iqbal”

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• It's all about self-esteem now. Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves. If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who's gonna dance in our strip-clubs?

  Greg Giraldo

  Growing Up, Self Esteem, Kids

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• The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the flu falls on all constitutions.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Fall, Pests, Dull

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• If you learn how to make fun of yourself, your ego will go down.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Fun

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• Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Sports, Determination

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• 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.

  Colin Powell

  Business, Military, Political

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• If you have to have it, it's ego. If you have to not have it, it's ego. Hold life lightly and it will deliver what you need and release what you don't.

  Alan Cohen

  Needs, Sustainability, Release

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• A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Progress, Fountainhead

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• Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing.

  Theodor Adorno

  Mean, Reflection, Self

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.50, Verso

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• The ego constantly competes with the spirit for control over your inner voice.

  Darren Johnson

  Voice, Over You, Soul

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• As William Penn put it: "Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." Remember... that those tyrants are often self-imposed roadblocks of your lower self at work.

  Wayne Dyer

  Freedom, Self, Tyrants

  Wayne W. Dyer (2010). “The Power of Intention”, p.62, Hay House, Inc

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• Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

  Sigmund Freud

  Children, Educational, Philosophy

  Sigmund Freud (2010). “The Interpretation of Dreams”, p.268, Basic Books

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• Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Self, Veils, Faults

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.293

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• A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation.

  Ann Druyan

  Believe, Expression, People

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• The ego is not a thing but a subtle effort, and you cannot use effort to get rid of effort - you end up with two efforts instead of one. The ego itself is a perfect manifestation of the Divine, and it is best handled by resting in Freedom, not by trying to get rid of it, which simply increases the effort of the ego itself

  Ken Wilber

  Two, Perfect, Effort

  Ken Wilber (2000). “One Taste”, p.256, Shambhala Publications

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• Your ego is an avid interpreter. It is so quick to interpret events as 'bad' or 'good,' 'wrong' or 'right.' It never fails to see 'the little picture.

  Robert Holden

  Avid, Littles, Wrong Or Right

  Robert Holden (2006). “Shift Happens!: Powerful Ways to Transform Your Life”

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• I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

  Jim Carrey

  Insecurity

  "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Interview: Jim Carrey". Interview with Carlo Cavagna, www.aboutfilm.com. April 2004.

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