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Ego Quotes
"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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"A high self-esteem can quickly deteriorate into egotism, arrogance, and an over-confidence that can backfire and turn people off."
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"It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point."
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"When it is working, you completely go into another place, you're tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self. That's what it's all about."
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"No act is so private it does not seek applause."
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"If one has egoism without my-ness, he will go to moksha; all this entrapment is there because of egoism with my-ness!"
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"It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind."
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"To leave a man's ego bigger, retweet him. To leave his faculty of reasoning better, challenge his tweet."
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"Darkness is an absence of light. Ego is an absence of awareness."
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"How can you tell whether the ego is there or not? You will know when someone insults you. If someone insults you, swallow (accept) it with understanding."
6
"Liberation from ego is what we shramanas are seeking, O Exalted One. If I were your disciple, O Venerable One, I'm afraid it might befall me that my ego would be pacified and liberated only seemingly, only illusorily, that in reality it would survive and grow great, for then I would make the teaching, my discipleship, my love for you, and the community of the monks into my ego!"
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"He had the vanity to believe men did not like him " while men simply did not know him."
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"Bigheadedness is usually a symptom of small-mindedness."
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"The ego survives only in conflict. Peace is the death of the ego."
5
"In the ignorant state, there is a 'limit' for good qualities, it is known as the self-pride. Self-serving pride (swa-maan) is the limit of virtues in the realm of ignorance."
5
"In the worldly life, due to maadakta (intoxication of the ego of 'I am Chandubhai'), one has completely lost awareness of everything about one's self. Everything in the worldly life is nothing but intoxication. The food is intoxicating, the senses are intoxicating. [Therefore] Go to the one, who is without mada (pride), the one who has destroyed all intoxication. There in his proximity, you will realize that, 'wow! The intoxication of the ego is something that can go down!' Then 'our' awareness will manifest. You, the Self are indeed the absolute supreme soul (Parmatma)!"
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"All the roads of the haughty man lead to arrogance!"
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"What will the ego not do? It is the ego that has given rise to all this. And when the ego leaves, there is Liberation."
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"Egoism does not have eyes of its own. Some days, it sees through the eyes of the intellect (buddhi). However, what will happen if you befriend a blind man?"
4
"The worldly life runs easily due to the egoism which is the by-production of the worldly life. By increasing the egoism there, one has incurred endless worries."
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"If you have a big ego put it to wide and wise use so that it benefits and enriches everyone not just you."
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"What is arrogant pride (abhimaan)? It is to believe the weight of the body-complex [pudgal] to be one's own weight. It is to believe that 'I am Great'."
4
"Where there is 'egoism', there is no God. Where there is God, there is no 'egoism'."
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"What I want, it is my ego's demand. What I get, my ego is not satisfied with that."
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"As many numbers of people as are there, there are that many varieties of egoisms."
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"Not everything is about you.In fact, most things aren't.What a relief, right?"
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"Ruthless destruction of an ego is a rather simple matter. Preserving the host deprived of an ego is a more delicate affair. How does a person engage in momentous battle with the self while simultaneously struggling to maintain their cerebral, emotive, and spiritual equilibrium in the thin air of consciousness? How assiduously does an agitated mind need to work in order to achieve the elusive degree of emotional and mental quietness that I seek?"
3
"The ego is what drives a self-serving individual who hates to admit they are wrong."
3
"That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole."
3
"Humans in this world live based on two things: one is on the basis of the Self and the other is on the basis of the egoism."
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"Egoism has arisen due to circumstances and circumstances have survived due to egoism. The one whose egoism is gone, for him circumstances are gone. Everything has come into existence because of wrong belief."
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"To say that, "I will not agree (will not accept) is great egoism!"
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"There was only one thing about his own appearance which really pleased Hercule Poirot, and that was the profusion of his moustaches, and the way they responded to grooming and treatment and trimming. They were magnificent. He knew of nobody else who had any moustache half as good."
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"The ego destroys the world as well it is the ego which grows the world."
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"I know', is a big ghost. 'This is mine', is a huge demonic possession!"
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