Ego Quotes - Page 39

• The moment you become aware of the ego in you, it is strictly speaking no longer the ego, but just an old, conditioned mind-pattern. Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Mind, Patterns

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.51, Penguin

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• It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

  Wendelin Van Draanen

  Embarrassing, Slaying, Humiliating

  Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things”, p.134, Yearling

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• Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears.

  Henry Cloud

  Children, Pride, Parenting

  Henry Cloud, John Townsend (2009). “Boundaries with Kids: When to Say Yes, How to Say No”, p.152, Harper Collins

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• Dorothy was in that state human beings passed through at the beginning of a love affair, in which they desire to say anything and everything to the beloved, to the alter ego, before they have learned what the real Other can and can't understand, can and can't accept.

  A. S. Byatt

  Real, Say Anything, Desire

  FaceBook post by A.S. Byatt from Sep 01, 2014

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• Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Thinking, People, Helping

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• Anyone who says he knows God's intention is showing a lot of very human ego.

  Michael Crichton

  Integrity, Intention, Knowing God

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• U can feed ur ego or u can feed ur family. U can’t feed them both.

  Zig Ziglar

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• How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Messengers, Dictator

  Joseph Campbell, Phil Cousineau, Stuart L. Brown (1990). “The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work”, p.226, New World Library

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• And so I'm me again, Leo. Thanks to the example of a five-year-old. I'm hoping you wouldn't want it any other way. Not that you weren't flattered, right? I mean, to have a girl two thousand miles away going to pieces over you, weeping at the mere memory of you, losing her appetite, losing herself and self-respect - well, that's trophy enough for any guy's ego, huh?

  Jerry Spinelli

  Girl, Memories, Mean

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• The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.

  Erich Fromm

  Real, Men, Overcoming

  Erich Fromm (1997). “On Being Human”, p.127, A&C Black

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• It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running. It's easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement. It's simple to seek substitutes for competence--such easy substitutes: love, charm, kindness, charity. But there is no substitute for competence.

  Ayn Rand

  Running, Kindness, Eye

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.781, Penguin

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• Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego, but in the revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful institutions.

  Steve Wozniak

  Powerful, People, Greed

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• Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives. And make no mistake about it: love does take over and transform the schemes and operations of our egos in a very mighty way.

  Aberjhani

  Funny Valentines Day, Mistake, People

  Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.16, Lulu.com

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• I keep what I know about Sarah Lynn and Lawrence to myself. I also remind myself that even if Sarah Lynn does have a scary strict father, that doesn't release her from the responsibility of treating others with respect. Abuse of power is wrong, no matter the context, no matter the history. What is "power" anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.

  Lauren Myracle

  Father, Responsibility, Scary

  Lauren Myracle (2013). “Bliss”, p.56, Abrams

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• There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. With a two-by-four? Only as a last resort and never in public.

  Lora Leigh

  Two, Males, Four

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• In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Self Esteem, Humility

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.76, Penguin

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• I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule, and someday I'll try to get around to it; but if it happens, I'd like to have my ego tagging along. I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany's.

  Truman Capote

  Morning, Mean, Mind

  Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.39, Vintage

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• For official record, announce instructor, the state requires no epic hero. No strive achieve personal celebrity of spotlight and applause. Lectures instructor, the state desires best ideal perform as mediocre. No gain attention showboat. No buffoon. Best effort so occur average. Suppress climbing ego. Become ordinary. Invisible.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Hero, Epic, Climbing

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• Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirror, must stop the little ego's fascination with its own image.

  Paul Brunton

  Yield, Mirrors, Secret

  Paul Brunton (1987). “The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The ego. From birth to rebirth”

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• How are you in the profession of protecting people without knowing who I am? I’ve been told I have one of the most recognizable faces in the world. (Aiden) Wow…just out of curiosity, when you go to bed at night, do you find yourself ousted off the mattress by that ego? (Leta)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Night, Who I Am, Knowing

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• Sometimes they would just pay me to stay home and not do anything else, which sounds fantastic but doesn't do much for your ego. Its probably a little like getting alimony - the money is nice but has a nasty aftertaste.

  Craig Ferguson

  Nice, Home, Sound

  "Frequently Asked Questions / What happened to Craig Ferguson (Mr. Wick)?". "The Drew Carey Show", www.imdb.com. 1995 - 2004.

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• Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. when you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole. Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service the work of the soul.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Broken, Soul, Different

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• Have you been drinking this morning? How did you miss me? I swear I’ve fought old women with better reflexes. (Takeshi) The fact you fight old women tells me just how rusty you’ve become. What? Your ego needed the boost and they were the only ones you could find you could beat? (Savitar)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Morning, Drinking, Fighting

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• If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.

  Jean Vanier

  Choices, Effort, Suffering

  Jean Vanier, Ann Shearer (1989). “Community and Growth”, p.133, Paulist Press

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• In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs

  Charlie Chaplin

  Light, Monarchs

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