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Ego Quotes
"Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another."
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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."
27
"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."
Ego,
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"It would be a great mistake to suppose that it is sufficient not to become personal yourself. For by showing a man quite quietly that he is wrong, and that what he says and thinks is incorrect - a process which occurs in every dialectical victory - you embitter him more than if you used some rude or insulting expression. Why is this? Because, as Hobbes observes, all mental pleasure consists in being able to compare oneself with others to one's own advantage. - Nothing is of greater moment to a man than the gratification of his vanity, and no wound is more painful than that which is inflicted on it. Hence such phrases as "Death before dishonour, and so on."
21
"Only those who are ready to become nobodies are able to love."
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"In order to make the egoism non-existent [zero], the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] establishes the awareness of the Pure Soul within."
18
"Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight."
17
"I get pretty terrified, to be honest, when I'm on tour. You really have to muster a lot of ego to go our there, which I find rather draining."
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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!"
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"My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus."
15
"They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could not possibly know the things I knew. Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace individuals going about their business in the assurance of perfect safety, was offensive to me like the outrageous flauntings of folly in the face of a danger it is unable to comprehend. I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty in restraining myself from laughing in their faces, so full of stupid importance."
15
"Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts."
15
"To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche."
Ego,
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"Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it."
Ego,
14
"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."
Ego,
14
"Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable."
13
"The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time."
12
"Everyone in showbiz is driven by ego, so how do you go from having loads of fame to working at 7-11? You can't do it!"
12
"A high self-esteem can quickly deteriorate into egotism, arrogance, and an over-confidence that can backfire and turn people off."
12
"Self-serving-pride (swamaan) means to take precaution against being insulted."
11
"In regards to maan (to seek importance from others), a man will become impudent if he keeps getting insulted up to a point. If he gets maan (importance from others) to a certain level, he grows stronger. And if he gets too much maan [praise], then his desire for it will come to end."
11
"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."
11
"I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for."
11
"The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch of prizes and occasionally done some public good."
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