Never take advice about never taking advice. That is an old vice of men – to dish it out without being able to take it – the blind leading the blind into more blindness.

It’s natural to think of one’s own life as a novel (or a movie or a play), and within that narrative we are always the central character. Thoughtful people try to overcome this compulsion, but...

La lengua es el mejor masajista de cejas fruncidas.

[…] Essence simply enjoys and commits attention and love to whatever is. In fact, committing attention to anything that is present results in enjoyment. The ego enjoys so little because it commits attention to what...

The steady soul and the ego pretender / walk with their arms round each other’s shoulders / through the mirage.

Reaching beyond ourselves, exceeding our mind is not a simple thing. It is, in fact, impossible–one half of the Ego is trying to exceed the other.

It is remarkable how often the first interpretations of new evidence have confirmed the preconceptions of its discoverers.

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.

If you’re working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. That’s why I believe there should be a psychiatrist...

The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo – even when it’s not working. It attaches to...

If you’re brighter than a lightning bug, don’t show your ass

Snakes hiss; pigs grunt; and bills moo! They are asserting their ego, intent on keeping others away. Of the traits of ego, pride is the most poisonous. But, the pride of the scholar and the...

Such excessive preoccupation with his faults is not a truly spiritual activity but, on the contrary, a highly egoistic one.The recognition of his own faults should make a man humbler, when it is beneficial, not...

Pride and ego makes a mockery of an apology. Humility wins forgiveness without question…so break ‘yo’self’!

A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself, but he is never able to find them.

There are journalists who are drawn to the most extroverted, aggressive jobs because they get an ego high from it. It can be shocking to encounter them and even worse to work with them.

Most of us would rather kill ourselves than be, particularly if who we think we are keeps dying. Many of us do.

Don’t feed your ego with my soul.

Whenever success and fame override our senses with greed, arrogance and delusion; it is a time to pause and reflect.

I like the moment when I break a man’s ego

When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don’t know, you actually...

If we want to live perfectly happy lives…we must drive out selfish character tendencies such as pride, ego, vanity, jealousy, lusts, envy and worry. When we learn to live selflessly, putting others before ourselves, committing...

He said he didn’t think he is good, but you can tell that secretly he thinks he’s good. And he’s right—he’s not good.

Dicho del Mulá Nasrudín. Si sobrevivo a esta vida sin morirme, me sorprenderé.

After you first tell someone you love them, the weight of the wait for them to tell you they love you too feels like an elephant doing jumping jacks on the back of your mouse-like...

When you were in a room with Kurtis James, whether it was one or a hundred other people, Kurtis seemed to be the only one there

If I am wrong, I am doing what I believe to the right.

white middle-upper class guys in highly educated families have a unique burden placed on us to be the hero of every story that we tell. I don’t think it’s merely that we’re self-centered and arrogant,...

Ego is like a street urchin, born of fear and wanting and left to its own devices….

Your ego is laughing at you behind your back.

High ego makes you think that you are the king of the universe while you are in fact the king of nothing!

Ego doesn’t kill you. It makes you lonely, which is even worse.

no body at home”, and the victim is the resultat of these two roles. It is always easier to follow a group without awareness, than to follow your own heart, to trust your own intelligence,...

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

If you value your relationship or friendship, your ego won’t stand in the way of a meaningful apology.

The ego is never satisfied. So, if you’re not satisfied with what you have right now, consider what is driving you.

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.

Presenting a humble façade gains trust; flattery appeals to ego; combine the two to gain an ego-based trust within someone, and you will find in your hands a judgement clouding tool second only to love.

I think she was really hurt that she lost to me. Her ego was hurt and she really wanted to give a point to her team. That’s why she found extra motivation.

Amazing, life-altering anonymous picture quotes on FaceBook: Are they created by graphic designers who steal quotes or don’t bother to research the author, or are they original and just have exceptionally less ego than I...

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

Laziness is always your fault. It is the sign that a man has persevered in uselessness for too long.

Whoever is to be wise despises himself. Only the ignorant trust their own judgement.

The best, very best scammers will always ask for your advice. This is their favorite technique. It makes them vulnerable. It flatters your ego.

The time has come, Mr. President, where NATO needs to get off its high horse, restrain its ego and instead of trying to save face over a major foreign policy blunder, start thinking about saving...

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say...

She is a mess, her dress once pulled together long and fresh, now drooping and awkwardly weighted to one side of her head. “What happened? Are you okay?” The women clamor around her.Nick walks out...