Ego Quotes - Page 11

Women in politics are more honest and forthright. We are not in it for the ego gratification.

The decision to make the present moment into your friend is the end of ego.

Spirituality is the intersection of three paths: letting go of ego, an unconditional yes to the conditions of human existence, and an immeasurable compassion.

The ego-shell in which we live is the hardest thing to outgrow.

To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.

I'm just trying to rid the world of all these fevered egos that are tainting our collective unconscious.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.

Nothing is more to me than myself.

The challenge life presents to each of us is to become truly ourselves--not the self we have imagined or fantasized about, not the self that our friends want us to be, not the self our ego would have us be, but the self God has ordained us to be from before we were in our mother's womb.

The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.

The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible.

We make our own whiskey and our own smoke, too. Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do.

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

If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened.

Everything for me becomes allegory

Ego is just a feeling of having a wall between you and others. There is no wall. You belong to me and I belong to you. You are accepted the way you are.

The ego is frightened by death, because ego is part of the incarnation and ends with it. That is why we learn to identify with our soul, as the soul continues after death. For the soul, death is just another moment.

Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.

Questing... is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.

I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism.

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations.

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

I surrounded myself with people who indulged my ego. They treated me as though I was Ziggy Stardust or one of my characters, never realising that David Jones might be behind it.

Step by step, let whatever happens happen. Real change will come when it is brought about, not by your ego, but by reality. Awareness releases reality to change you.