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You put two egos together and you've either got a conflict, which is always interesting, or better yet, a love affair.
I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.
Questing... is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material.
So far for humans it has been the case that ego develops and then humans are stuck with it for the rest of their lives.
The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving.
We could all be mediums, and all have absolute knowledge, if the bright light of our ego consciousness would not dim it.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.
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.
The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible.
Without ego I don't know how identity works, I don't know... I need to sit down and re-read some philosophy or something.
Never underestimate the ruthlessness of the ego to keep you in a state of suffering in which you voluntarily participate.
The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.
Man is the being who has built controllers for every stubborn element, but he has not been able to build one for his Ego.
The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.
Misery nourishes your ego - that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the ego.
The ego is exploitation; love is service. And the service that flows from love, freely and spontaneously, is non-violence.
There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. With a two-by-four? Only as a last resort and never in public.
Society is only possible on these terms, that the individual finds therein a strengthening of his own ego and his own will.
If an architect's ego is very small, he is done for it; if it is vast then he might make some very important contributions.
Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.
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.
Human populations that do not have contact with the psychedelic tremendum are neurotic because they are male ego dominated.
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.
I measure what's going on, and I adapt to it. I try to get my ego out of the way. The market is smarter than I am so I bend.
It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world.
Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed.
Meditation is not a means of forgetting the ego; it is a method of using the ego to observe and tame its own manifestations.
We've got to convince our egos and our minds that if we want to live happy lives, love is more important than anything else!
Most importantly: Don't adjust your results to build up the ego of the chief strategist. Especially if the strategist is you.
A woman who doesn't care what men think of her - ah, this is dangerous. This is the worst conceivable insult to the male ego.
I don't want it to appear that I'm standing up and saying I'm the expected one. That's a dangerous, ego-driven kind of thing.
Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.
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.
But the jiva [living being] is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and is omniscient.
How can you be of service to something other than your own ego and bank account, in a business that's inherently narcissistic?
What is 'power' anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.
Look at your life in contrast with the magnitude of creation, space and time. Your life becomes insignificant. Ego disappears.
The second noble truth says that this resistance is the...mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it.
The ego is like a tired old dog. We can never kill it, so put it out on the back porch, let it rest there, and step around it.
I don't know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point.
Gratitude is a sacred space where you allow and know that a force greater than your ego is always at work and always available.
All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.
The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting.
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.
The soul is stronger than the ego. It lives to BE, and give. We are of one Light, illuminating ourselves and those whom we love.
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.