Quotes by Ego Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these qualities during my bouts with depression. In that deadly darkness, the faculties I had always depended on collapsed. My intellect was useless; my emotions were dead; my will was impotent; my ego was shattered. But from time to time, deep in the thickets of my inner wilderness, I could sense the presence of something that knew how to stay alive even when the rest of me wanted to die. That something was my tough and tenacious soul. Parker J. Palmer egoselfanimal Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation. Paramahansa Yogananda egosoulmean For me, love is a pure, unconditional, nonjudgmental feeling that I feel towards some people and some parts of nature. Most of us love, but the purest love is the one where we take ego out of the equation, and that is the hard part of love, keeping ego aside. Patricia Velasquez egolove-ispeople With competition there is always ego and hubris... competition gets in the way of work. Patrick Dempsey competitionegoway The team you belong to must come ahead of the team you lead: this is putting team results (e.g., organizational needs) ahead of individual agendas (e.g., the team or division you lead, your ego, your need for recognition, your career development, etc.) Confidentiality is respected downward more than it is respected upward. Organizational alignment is a direct result of this hierarchy (if it were the other way around, organizational alignment would be very difficult to achieve). Patrick Lencioni egoteamcareers She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important. Patrick Rothfuss wickedegoimportant Great people have great egos; maybe that's what makes them great. Paul Arden great-peopleegopeople No one can ever heap enough insults upon me to suit my taste. I think we all really thrive on hostility, because it's the most intense kind of massage the ego can undergo. Other people's indifference is the only horror. Paul Bowles egopeoplethinking It's unnecessary and destructive to think of oneself at all. People ask me, 'What do you think of yourself as?' My answer is, 'Nothing. Paul Bowles egopeoplethinking Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The ego puts its own interest first and twists every argument, word, even fact to suit that interest. Paul Brunton twistsyieldego The ego will always be able to find ways to keep the aspirant busy in self-improvement, thus binding him or her to the fact that the self is still there behind all the improvements. For why should the ego kill itself? Paul Brunton egoableself Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirror, must stop the little ego's fascination with its own image. Paul Brunton yieldegomirrors I am beginning to consider myself stronger than all those around me, and you know that the good opinion I have of myself has only been reached after mature consideration. Paul Cezanne strongeregoopinion All my compatriots are asses compared to me. Paul Cezanne assego At the end of the day if you want to entertain people, you've got to take your ego out of the equation. Paul Feig the-end-of-the-dayegopeople I think it is just a matter of time before we have literal ghosts in the machine so you can create an alter ego of yourself that learns from your social experiences and extends a life even if you're no longer in the game or you are no longer alive. Paul Saffo egogamesthinking Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. Always question yourself and your ability. Don't ever feel that you are very good. The second you do, you are dead. Paul Tudor Jones very-goodegohero If the Ego is hateful, Love your neighbor as yourself becomes a cruel irony. Paul Valery hatefulegolove-you Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. Paul Tudor Jones egohero Nothing ages as poorly as a beautiful woman's ego. Paulina Porizkova beautiful-womenegobeautiful«3839404142434445464748»
