Act as if you don’t know me, and i will make it seem as though you don’t exist.

No one can be a yogi, maintaining a state of mental equilibrium, free from inner involvement in planned desireful activities, unless he has renounced identification with his ego and its unsatisfiable lust for the fruits...

An egoist is always intelligent, never wise.

The deepest realization of meditation is that your being is a non-being. It is a nothing, a vast emptiness without boundaries. It is a no-self. The feeling of self, of “I” is false.

The evidence never seemed to matter to those in power, who had already made up their minds and did what people typically do when their worldview is threatened by new data: they attacked the messenger.

The ego taunts truth with sarcasm.

Our reputations are so out of our control that it’s laughable how much time and effort so many of us put into trying to “control” them.

You have two choices in life when it comes to truthful observations by others that anger you: You can be ashamed and cover it up by letting your pride take you in the extreme opposite...

The less you feed the ego, the stronger you will be.

We must realize that we are all, like Dr. Faust, ready to accept the devil’s inducements. The devil is in each one of us in the form of an ego that promises the fulfillment of...

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...

the ego likes to emphasize the ‘otherness’ of others

All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him...

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

All my ego wants is to be sitting by a lake in Italy. It doesn’t want to be backstage, warming up.

From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.

The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life.

Who are we to think we deserve anything? What makes us so great? No one is “lucky” to have us. We are all full of it.

Some people only go to church for the social life. They like having all the friends in church or getting the praises of men by doing certain things, but they don’t go there to actually...

FRACTURED FACTIONSMany cults are created by the uncontrollable egos of religious zealots

Ah Buddha, you boastful charlatan. You may have learned nothing after 6 years of suffering, but then what of 7 years? What of 17? What might you have learned from a lifetime of pain? […]...

If your ego is in good shape you will pretend you’re surprised if a National Chairman calls you to tell you his party wants to nominate you for President of the United States, but you’re...

When corruptors blame each other, the strongest wins.Apabila sesama koruptor saling menyalahkan, yang terkuat menang.

In the therapeutic process based on awareness, there exists no ”I” – it just exists a presence, a light, a love and a silence.

So-called intellectuals have ego-power; Fools have willpower.

Remember, Reilly, gossip is just people’s insecurity and fear of what they don’t really understand,” Eilam said. “It is unconsciously propagated to feed their egos.” “Doesn’t it ever bother you?”, Reilly asked as he pulled...

It is the definition of an egoist that whatever occupies his attention is, for that reason, important.

Anyway, the trick is simply this: No matter what happens, keep your heart open. Wide open. The heart is made of love, and love is indestructible, and only the arrogance of ego would presume that...

I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I had made myself the centre of my own existence and had...

Mohabat ki khatir to admi suli charta rahe, marta rahe, khapta rahe, par kisi ki ana ko mota karne k liye koi kab tak apni jaan mare?

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

insanın bütün eylemleri kendisine yöneliktir, bütün hizmetleri kendine hizmettir, bütün sevgisi kendini sevmesindendir.

For I have nothing to lean on, nowhere to call my home and there is nowhere I will go for Christmas to rest my head and touch familiar walls. I have no degree to show...

You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.

I am smiling a big adopted-orphan smile as I write this … I still love scribbling the word – WRITER – any time on a form, questionnaire, document asks for my occupation. Fine, I write...

To get the most out of the relationship you are in, it won’t be helpful to listen to the ego’s stories about it. They will only bring separation and conflict. Essence would tell a different...

You’re like a god from a Greek myth, Saiman. You have no empathy. You have no concept of the world beyond your ego. Wanting something gives you an automatic right to obtain it by whatever...

If German boys had learned to be contemptuous of violence, Hitler would have had to take up knitting to keep his ego warm.

I am not my opinion of myself, I am not anything I can describe to me. I am only a part of a large system that cannot describe itself fully; therefore, I relax and I...

Sun of himself. All things are his moons.

If pride really went before a fall, then, Lucifer is the inventor of pride.

Suffering builds character and impels you to penetrate life’s secrets. It’s the path of great artists, great religious leaders, great social reformers. The problem is not suffering per se, but rather our identification with our...

The Bear had once confided to me that Durrell’s ego could fit snugly in the basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome but in very few other public places. This runaway megalomania marked him as a...

Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss.

The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its presence provides us with a conscious contrast which enables us...

Once there is realization of self challenge, ego versus soul, competition with others becomes futile.

I’m so honest, that in order to compliment you, I’d improve you first.

It is not a person or situation that affects your life; it is the meaning you give to that person or situation, which influences your emotions and actions. Your choice is to change the meaning...

and, indeed, nature has so made us, that we all love to be flattered and to please ourselves with our own notions

I don’t want to see you. I don’t like you. I don’t like your face. You look like an insufferable egotist. You’re impertinent. You’re too sure of yourself. Twenty years ago I would have punched...