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True freedom means freeing oneself from the dictates of the ego and its accompanying emotions. — Matthieu Ricard

The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows. — Idries Shah

The ego's blocking the light from coming. — Sandra Cisneros

The ego-drama is nothing compared with the theo-drama. The fun begins when we let God write our stories. — Robert Barron

You bruised my ego, you see, and there's just not enough money in the world to soothe my ego when it gets bruised — Jennifer Estep

I'm not over-enamored of complicated books, and wonder if it's more for the author's ego than anything else? — Eric Hill

Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution. — Muhammad Iqbal

A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage point from which to view the world. — Aleister Crowley

When you abide in the I you're abiding in the ego. The I is really the ego, the small I. It turns into the Self eventually. — Robert Adams

As long as there is greed (desire) for even a single situation, one will have to come back into the world and wandering will continue until then. — Dada Bhagwan

I love introvert people. They ignore us on face unlike the extrovert's alter ego — Bhavik Sarkhedi

The ego is a false perception of self. It's an idea, a transitory identity that we've picked up. — Frederick Lenz

My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.' — Joe Namath

Complaining is one of the ego's favorite strategies for strengthening itself. — Eckhart Tolle

I don't want the giant ego. I don't want to become Kevin Costner, singing on the soundtrack to The Postman. — Joss Whedon

Most importantly: Don't adjust your results to build up the ego of the chief strategist. Especially if the strategist is you. — Charles Caleb Colton

Kill the cow of your ego as quickly as you can, so that your inner spirit can come to life and attain true awareness. — Rumi

Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion. — Miguel

When in doubt, flatter the ego. — Jessica Clare

Confidence cannot escalate to arrogance, it only happens if the blood of pride is running through your veins. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Your brain is not your friend when you need to apologize. Your brain and your ego and your intellect all remind you of the facts. — Amy Poehler

Nature, take my breath with you; renew it with the wild breeze and fill my being up with so much soul, ego learns to fade away. — Nikki Rowe

Get your egos off the battlefield. — Charlie Sheen

The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it
just don't get lost in it. — Ram Dass

The ego knows itself by comparison. — Richard Rohr

If you cannot put the ego on the side you cannot succeed in love, period. Therefore love must defeat it. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

I keep calling it the I-thought. It's a thought. There is no I. This gives you a clue. — Robert Adams

As long as the egoism is alive, 'my-ness' remains within the self. — Dada Bhagwan

As long as the egoism is there, how can one attain the true religion? — Dada Bhagwan

Do things the ego does not like to do. — Stuart Wilde

Again, I tried to not let it bother me, but the ego is frail, fragile tender thing. — S.C. Stephens

The egoist does not tolerate egoism. — Philibert Joseph Roux

Giving up your ego is the shortest way to unification with nature. — Masanobu Fukuoka

The conscious experience of being a subject arises when a single organism learns to enslave itself. — Thomas Metzinger

To know God begins with knowing ourselves, our true selves, whom we uncover as we make choices that help us step beyond the influence of the ego. — Peter Santos

Keep your ego from interfering with you search for the truth. — Vincent Ruggiero

My enlightenment comes from the lucid awareness of my extinction not the dream of my eternal ego. — Christopher Zzenn Loren

One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego. — Anthony De Mello

I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart. — Ram Dass

Guidance happens when we create the space in our minds to allow our angels to speak up.
Set your ego aside and listen! — Catherine Carrigan

The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Anger, ego, jealousy are the biggest diseases,Keep yourself aloof from these three diseases. — Sathya Sai Baba

We've gotten lost in our Ego and have forgotten that our Soul's only motive is to merge with the Beloved. — Ram Dass

The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, 'Your ego will get you killed.' — William Sanderson

The Ego is a veil between humans and God'."
"In prayer all are equal. — Rumi

Humility allows us to take risks at the expense of our ego. — Praying Medic

When you're older and wiser a lot of the ego has gone out of the window. — Billy Ocean

How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick. — Joseph Campbell

Misery nourishes your ego - that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the ego. — Rajneesh

The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one. — Idries Shah

Foreigner is a word created by guilt and the fears, ignorance, and weaknesses of your own ego. — Ben Tolosa

Love is the language of the soul when it is not colored by emotion, ego, or attachment. — Alan Finger

After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that. — Dan Castellaneta

Today, conducting is a question of ego: a lot of people believe they are actually playing the music. — Daniel Barenboim

One's ego is the enemy of objectivity. — Kevin Ansbro

The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big. — William Proxmire

We are not the personalities that our egos are so valiantly defending. Our personalities are simply the result of our current programming. — Ken Keyes Jr.

If you are worrying about reputation, you are taking time away from doing the things that really matter. — Taite Adams

It is not you as the ego who moves through life, but that life flows before you, and you are the immutable awareness containing it all. — Enza Vita

After all, the male ego was a horrible thing. — Robert Dunbar

I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense. — Sharon Bolton

My cat mocks me frequently. It's the universe's way of keeping me from getting too big of an ego. — Michelle M. Pillow

If somebody's offering you a $400 million company at the age of 29, I've got the ego to say, 'I'd like a shot at that.' — Stanley R. Jaffe

I'm just trying to rid the world of all these fevered egos that are tainting our collective unconscious ... — Bill Hicks

Until egoism reaches the non-existent state, there is nothing but fear in the worldly life. — Dada Bhagwan

Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it. — Mike Tyson

There are people with a lot more talent than I have who have been weeded out of the league because they couldn't put their egos aside to fill a role. — Kurt Rambis

It's a constant man-ego-check going on in the streets, in this world. — Tupac Shakur

Ego is borne of the need to 'prove' oneself instead of making the choice to 'be' oneself. And so maybe we need to begin curbing the birthrate. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

There was nothing to deflate a man's ego like a bit of frill around the collar. — Susan Dennard

Every time truth comes we hate it, because it's coming against our ego. Are you going to let the ego come between you and this person you love? — Lauryn Hill

As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge. — Ramakrishna

You are not one person, but three: The one you think you are; The one others think you are; The one you really are. — Sathya Sai Baba

I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had. — Gary Vaynerchuk

You can't throw your ego away, but you can use its innate desire to experience that which is beyond itself to give you the impetus to meditate. — Frederick Lenz

Both the mind and "presence" can work beautifully together, in the absence of ego. — Michelle Cruz-Rosado

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego. — John Cheever

If I paid too much attention to naysayers or let encouragers bloat my ego, I'd lose focus on what mattered: the company. — Anonymous

The heart that loves the wicked ego creates the hated enemy. — Masanobu Fukuoka

To enter your true self,
check your ego at the door. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

The borders between different countries are, in truth, not real. They are a by-product of the ego. — Christopher Dines

All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The rest is the dream of the ego. — Joko Beck

Ego, being love's kryptonite; two souls must be on the same page of humility. — T.F. Hodge

The bump of ego on his skull had swollen large, so he saw the whole world in terms of what it could give him. — Frederik Pohl

Bear the pain of longing silently, my heart
for this is the cure.
The ultimate sacrifice is to curb your desires
and surrender the ego. — Rumi

A disciple asked, "Who is a Master?" The Master replied, "Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece. — Anthony De Mello

I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing. — Steve Perry

Being aware is being aware of one's own mind and the games it plays on itself. — Robin Macnaughton

This is God's universe, buddy, not yours, and he has the final say about what's ego and what isn't. — J.D. Salinger

That which is threatening to the ego is liberating to the heart. — Ajahn Amaro

To the ego, loving and wanting are the same, whereas true love has no wanting in it, no desire to possess or for your partner to change. — Eckhart Tolle

The ego is never satisfied. So, if you're not satisfied with what you have right now, consider what is driving you. — Taite Adams

Being efficient is the easy part. Suppressing one's ego completely for hours at a time is really hard. — Colin Clark

When one has suffered or fears suffering, one pities those who suffer; but when one is suffering, one pities only oneself. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The equation for ego is: One over Knowledge. — Albert Einstein

If we try to change our ego with the help of our ego, we only have a better-disguised ego! — Richard Rohr

The ego always looks toward the next moment for some kind of fulfillment. — Eckhart Tolle

Ego is the complete identification with form. Physical forms, thought forms, emotional forms. — Eckhart Tolle

Then relationship happens. Before that it is just an empty name. Relationship cannot happen before the egos are gone. — Rajneesh

The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend. — Ramana Maharshi