Ego Quotes - Page 38

• Ego: The only thing that can keep growing without nourishment.

  Evan Esar

  Growing, Egotism, Nourishment

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• It has been proven that the universe is computationally equivalent to my ego.

  Stephen Wolfram

  Has Beens, Proven, Universe

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• Ego is a ghost who is terrified of dying

  Mooji

  Dying, Ghost, Terrified

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• Being here really is just the invitation to rest as Being. There is nothing you have to do. It is not an invitation to become. You will not be scrutinized, your actions compared with those of others. Thats just unicorn food. Let your river flow as it pleases. Simply observe and recognise that all is unfolding spontaneously when that inner journalist- the ego, is exposed as a myth.

  Mooji

  Rivers, Flow, Unicorn

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• As one grows older, the sense of separateness is slowly reduced. Old people do not live on an ego level. Their concerns are not about their individuality but about the river of life, the family, the community, the nation, people, animals, nature, life. They can die easily if they are assured that life will continue positively, for they feel part of the river again, and soon they will be part of the ocean. When they are very old, they no longer belong to our time and space, but to all time and all space.

  Alexander Lowen

  Ocean, Animal, Space

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• It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego
  because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself
  It is like a wave
  it makes itself up, it rushes forward getting nowhere really
  it crashes, withdraws and makes itself up again
  pulls itself together with pride
  towers with pride
  rushes forward into imaginary conquest
  crashes in frustration
  withdraws with remorse and repentance
  pulls itself together with new resolution

  Agnes Martin

  Pride, Frustration, Battle

  Agnes Martin, Lawrence Alloway (1973). “Agnes Martin: Exhibition January 22 to March 1, 1973”

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• Ego loves identity. Drag mocks identity. Ego hates drag

  RuPaul

  Hate, Personality, Individuality

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• We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Ideas, Possessed

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• Ideas about a person's place in society, his role, lifestyle, and ego qualities will lose their hold as the cohesive forces in society disintegrate. Subculture values will proliferate to such a bewildering extent that a whole new class of professionals will arise to control them. Such a Transmutation Technology will deal in fashions, in ways of being. Lifestyle consultants will become the new priests of our civilizations. They will be the new magicians.

  Peter J. Carroll

  Fashion, Technology, Civilization

  Peter J. Carroll (1987). “Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic”, p.90, Weiser Books

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• A touch less ego and dash more humility will improve the quality of anything you turn your hand to.

  Rasheed Ogunlaru

  Humility, Hands, Quality

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• American seekers of happiness are in danger of deluding themselves into believing that only one part of the world exists, the part that gladdens their egos.

  Eric G. Wilson

  Believe, World, Danger

  Eric G. Wilson (2008). “Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy”, p.25, Macmillan

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• Shapeshifting requires the ability to transcend your attachments, in particular your ego attachments to identity and who you are. If you can get over your attachment to labeling yourself and your cherishing of your identity, you can be virtually anybody. You can slip in and out of different shells, even different animal forms or deity forms.

  Zeena Schreck

  Animal, Attachment, Over You

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• Since the so-called Age of Enlightenment, our shaky anthropocentric, rationalist egos have been brainwashed to forget what 'primitive' cultures once understood: Animals can be manifestations of celestial beings in disguise; they possess supernatural abilities, and they can be our spiritual guides and healers.

  Zeena Schreck

  Spiritual, Animal, Age

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• Such sorrow— The cry of true compassion Sinks into my hard ego.

  Taitetsu Unno

  Compassion, Sorrow, Cry

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• Tulse Luper, who without too many confessions, in a sense, is a fictive version of me. I have to say he has far more exciting adventures, and certainly a lot of them sexual, than ever I've experienced. But in a sense, what you do with an alter ego, you give them all sorts of permissions and licences which you know you'll never be able to embrace in your real life.

  Peter Greenaway

  Real, Adventure, Giving

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• The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Degrees, Measure Of A Man

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• Gratitude is a divine attitude in the wisdom traditions. It takes you out from the ego self and takes you into the higher self. That higher state of consciousness initiates self repair, self regulation and healing.

  Deepak Chopra

  Gratitude, Attitude, Healing

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• The most strongly enforced of all known taboos is the taboo against knowing who or what you really are behind the mask of your apparently separate, independent, and isolated ego.

  Alan Watts

  Independent, Knowing, Mask

  Alan Watts (2011). “The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are”, p.10, Souvenir Press

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• Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is dull not only for the person himself but for all concerned.

  Carl Jung

  Dull, Facts, Spirit

  Carl Gustav Jung (1960). “The structure and dynamics of the psyche”

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• Life cannot be against you, for you are Life itself. Life can only seem to go against the ego's projections, which are rarely the truth.

  Mooji

  Projection, Seems

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• Its better to lose your ego to the One you Love than to lose the One you Love to your Ego

  John Keats

  One You Love, Loses

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• I will go through a lot of pain to beat someone. If there's pride and ego on the line, if I'm desperate, then I'm willing to go to a place where it hurts a lot more.

  Shalane Flanagan

  Hurt, Pain, Pride

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

  Joseph Campbell

  Adventure, World, Fulfillment

  Joseph Campbell (2009). “Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation: Easyread Large Edition”, p.185, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The breath is a powerful toolit creates a bridge between the subconscious and conscious mind, and connects the mind and the body. When you sit and breathe deeply, your physiology will change, and both your mind and your body will relax and become open. Breathing helps clear your head of the thoughts of the emotions and ego, and it allows you to get closer to your true self.

  Carmen Harra

  Powerful, Self, Breathing

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• You can't have ego and gratitude at the same time.

  Deepak Chopra

  Gratitude

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