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The ego tends to equate having with Being: I have, therefore I am. And the more I have, the more I am. The ego lives through comparison. How you are seen by others turns into how you see yourself.
Arrogance likes to appear humble in public.
As many numbers of people as are there, there are that many varieties of egoisms.
Egotism is such a terrible disease, in the love of duality, they do their deeds.
The ego does not want to be wrong, ever.
We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.
Egoism devours all the energy, and in addition it makes one suffer.
The ego is a fascinating monster.
I think each human being wants to make their mark on the world in whatever way they can, and maybe everyone has a slight egomaniac inside of them.
People with low self-confidence and self-esteem often feel nervous about antagonizing others and tend to rate others' needs more highly than their own.
Arrogance occurs in people who have achieved something and believe that they independently caused their own success with no assistance, support, or input from others.
The ego is that ugly little troll that lives underneath the bridge between your mind and your heart.
The ego is just waiting to identify with anything. Whether it's your misery or being a great meditator, it seeks some identification.
The nature of the ego is to misuse whatever authority one has.
What's wrong with this egotism? If a man doesn't delight in himself and the force in him and feel that he and it are wonders, how is all life to become important to him?
The pest of society is egotists.
If this be an ordered selfishness, then we should pause before we condemn anyone for the vice of egoism, for there may be deeper roots for its causes than we have knowledge of.
The ego wants to want more than it wants to have.
Ego has no senses.
The ego is constantly comparing itself to others. It has us measuring our self-worth against the looks, wealth, and social status of everyone else. Did this not explain some of my worrying at work?
Ego very much wants to make you think that your self worth is all about what you possess, what you've accomplished, and who you know.
When they get their ego involved, people do things they shouldn't do.
Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart.
In egotism, one is assailed by fear, he passes his life totally troubled by fear.
The ego is your enemy, not your friend. It is the ego that gives you wounds and hurts you. It is the ego that makes you violent, angry, jealous, competitive. It is the ego that is continuously comparing and feeling miserable.
The ego is our self-love turned into self-hatred.
Arrogant people habitually overestimated their own abilities and underestimated everyone else's.
Folks say I'm egotistical. Hell, I don't even know what it means.
Tolerance is an attribute of egoism.
Self-conceit is a weighty quality, and will sometimes bring down the scale when there is nothing else in it. It magnifies a fault beyond proportion, and swells every omission into an outrage.
I'm a very egotistical person.
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If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.
Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.
Stupid male ego.
Do not mistake confidence and self-awareness for egotism. I
The egoist does not tolerate egoism.
I think some people, when they get a certain ego, they lose sense of whatever.
Egocentricity: The vanity that makes you wonder what people are thinking about you when they are really wondering what you are thinking about them.
Ego is even worse than dirt and filth because it attacks others.
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
An egotist always resents meeting another egotist as if he alone had the right to be one.
The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.
There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.
There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.
The ego seeks fame and fortune. Humility doesn't seek at all - it accepts.
Conceit is thinking you're great; egotism is knowing it.
If you consider the ego to be your personal problem, that's just more ego.
The ego always looks toward the next moment for some kind of fulfillment.
I've got a big ego, I admit it; I'm ego-driven.
Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others.
Self importance is self pride.
The ego destroys the world as well it is the ego which grows the world.
We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.
Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.
Ego=1/Knowledge
More the knowledge lesser the ego, lesser the knowledge more the ego.
There is no problem if there is 'egoism'. But, it should be 'normal'. 'Normal' egoism means that it does not hurt anyone.
The essence of self-fulfillment and autonomous culture is an unshakable egotism.
Ego can't sleep. It micro-manages. It disempowers. It reduces our capability. It excels in control.
People talk about egos as if it were objects.
Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.
Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.
To live and breathe with an exclusive focus on one's small self, disconnected from the whole, is the definition of egotism.
My ego drives me nuts. It asks me to be competitive, creative, and smart.
When this low self-worth is hidden, one can understand why the person becomes hypersensitive to the opinions of others and has a great deal of difficulty accepting criticism no matter how warranted or gently said.
Ego expands to fill the space not filled with knowledge.
Too many decisions are made based on satisfying ego.
I think it's the ego in us that screws us up.
Ego is vital but not noble.
When people are not accepting toward themselves they
are often obsessed with acceptance by others.
The slightest awareness of 'my-ness' is indeed egoism.
Self importance is man's greatest enemy.
I know I've got a big ego. I really don't know why it's such a big deal, though.
Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented.
For success and good reputation, jealous plays an important role in humans life
Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them.
Ego is like a room of your own, a room with a view with the temperature and the smells and the music that you like. You want it your own way. You'd just like to have a little peace, you'd like to have a little happiness, you know, just gimme a break.
An egotist is not a man who thinks too much of himself; he is a man who thinks too little of other people.
Jealousy. It's a terrible thing. Unless it's someone else's.
Egoism ... is not eliminated by economic reorganization or by material abundance. When basic needs are satisfied, new 'needs' emerge. In our society, people want no simply clothes, but fashionable clothes; not shelter, but a house to display their wealth and taste.
Your ego is just an idea implanted in your mind. It is poisonous. Your ego keeps driving you madder and madder.
Arrogance created to project a self-image of superiority is the very trait that demonstrates to others deeply hidden inferiority.
Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
The personal ego must be suppressed and replaced with the 'universal ego.'
I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind to the person or situation that's right in front of you, and you miss so much.
Egoism is the law of perspective applied to feelings: what is closest appears large and weighty, and as one moves farther away size and weight decrease.
Ego is the ultimate killer on a team
Insecurity - the basis of most negative human interaction.
I get egotistical about things where I can do something well - for example, my singing. Most other things, I don't have the wherewithal to back it up.
What I hate is that not many people admit to having a big ego, but you have to - and there's nothing wrong with it.
Opinions scattered indiscriminately about leave the mark of egotism.
Ingratitude is innate to humans.
deep humility. There is nothing the arrogant hate more.
Conscience makes egotists of us all.
It is a curiosity of human nature that lack of self-assurance seems to breed an exaggerated sense of power and mission.
Ego got you thinkin' you're workin' somebody to your advantage; you're just playin' yourself.
All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are.
Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.
When you are in-spirit (inspired) you have no need for the ego.