1) “Ego takes everything personally.”
Eckhart Tolle
2) “Every ego wants to be special.
If it can’t be special by being superior to others,
it’s also quite happy with being especially miserable.”
Eckhart Tolle
3) “My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.”
Renzo Gracie
4) “No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves.”
Hugh Prather
5) “Our ego and emotions get in the way of seeing the problem clearly. Detachment is the key.”
George Mack
6) “The more awake we become, the less we need the ego.”
Steven Pressfield
7) “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 (1898-1981, British theosophist)
8) “Your ego is your self-image created by thought.
It’s your social mask requiring validation because it lives in fear of losing its sense of identity.”
Thibaut
9) “The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.”
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600, Italian Dominican friar , philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist)
10) “Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.”
Chogyam Trungpa
11) “Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for it’s own benefit.”
Chogyam Trungpa
12) “Is there a meditation that is not the ego trying to become?
Is meditation conscious if every effort implies time?”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
13) “Meditation is a state of mind in which the “me” is absent.
And therefore that very absence brings order.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
14) “The greatest prison of all is the one our ego puts us in.”
Shane Parrish
15) “When you are upset because someone doesn’t like you, it’s your ego operating:
you validate your experience based on their approval.”
Thibaut
16) “Self-awareness is not self centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism.
‘Know thyself’ is not a narcissistic pursuit.”
Marianne Williamson
17) “Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego – its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.”
Wayne Dyer
18) “There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right!”
Eckhart Tolle
19) “Receive without pride, let go without attachment.”
Marc Aurelius
20) “When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.”
Harbhajan Singh Yogi (1929-2004, spiritual teacher, yogi)
21) “The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.”
Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938, Indian poet, philosopher, politician, academic barrister)
22) “All you need to know and observe in yourself is this:
Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that’s the ego in you.”
Eckhart Tolle
23) “Complaining is one of the ego’s favorite strategies for strengthening itself.”
Eckhart Tolle
24)“Let us be more simple and less vain.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778, Genevan philosopher, writer, composer)
25)“When the ego dies, the soul awakes.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Eckhart Tolle
2) “Every ego wants to be special.
If it can’t be special by being superior to others,
it’s also quite happy with being especially miserable.”
Eckhart Tolle
3) “My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.”
Renzo Gracie
4) “No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves.”
Hugh Prather
5) “Our ego and emotions get in the way of seeing the problem clearly. Detachment is the key.”
George Mack
6) “The more awake we become, the less we need the ego.”
Steven Pressfield
7) “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 (1898-1981, British theosophist)
8) “Your ego is your self-image created by thought.
It’s your social mask requiring validation because it lives in fear of losing its sense of identity.”
Thibaut
9) “The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.”
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600, Italian Dominican friar , philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist)
10) “Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.”
Chogyam Trungpa
11) “Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for it’s own benefit.”
Chogyam Trungpa
12) “Is there a meditation that is not the ego trying to become?
Is meditation conscious if every effort implies time?”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
13) “Meditation is a state of mind in which the “me” is absent.
And therefore that very absence brings order.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
14) “The greatest prison of all is the one our ego puts us in.”
Shane Parrish
15) “When you are upset because someone doesn’t like you, it’s your ego operating:
you validate your experience based on their approval.”
Thibaut
16) “Self-awareness is not self centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism.
‘Know thyself’ is not a narcissistic pursuit.”
Marianne Williamson
17) “Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego – its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.”
Wayne Dyer
18) “There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right!”
Eckhart Tolle
19) “Receive without pride, let go without attachment.”
Marc Aurelius
20) “When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.”
Harbhajan Singh Yogi (1929-2004, spiritual teacher, yogi)
21) “The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.”
Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938, Indian poet, philosopher, politician, academic barrister)
22) “All you need to know and observe in yourself is this:
Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that’s the ego in you.”
Eckhart Tolle
23) “Complaining is one of the ego’s favorite strategies for strengthening itself.”
Eckhart Tolle
24)“Let us be more simple and less vain.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778, Genevan philosopher, writer, composer)
25)“When the ego dies, the soul awakes.”
Mahatma Gandhi
