Ego Quotes

A neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and the id; the person is at war with himself. A psychosis is the outcome of a similar disturbance in the relation between the ego and the outside world.

psychology neurotics

Ego is the absolute impediment to Tao.

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

the self

All great teachings have the single purpose of controlling the ego to create a better world.

The ego is the ugly troll that lives underneath the bridge between your mind and your heart.

The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests.

The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death.

enlightenment buddhist

Appearances give us more pleasure than reality, especially when they help to satisfy our egos.

appearances human nature

So many catastrophes in love are only accidents of egotism.

love

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

stupidity egotism

The minute you get the idea you're indispensable, you aren't.

GLOBAL EGO 

Your understanding may be rough
and your pretensions vanity;
but underneath there's firmer stuff:
your egoism is vast enough
to comprehend humanity.

Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.

authors

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.

autobiography

If you do not want to explore an egoism you should not read autobiography.

autobiography

No other man-made device since the shields and lances of the ancient knights fulfills a man's ego like an automobile.

cars

The ego is not master in its own house.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.