Ego Quotes

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Buddhist Teacher, Author

“Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness doesn't come from resisting our fears but from getting to know them well.”

Ego Scare Inquiry

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Edward de Bono

Psychologist

“This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.”

Self Ego Favors

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David Bowie

Musician, Actor

“Making love with his ego.”

Ego Making Love

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Deepak Chopra

Author, Speaker

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

Gratitude Ego

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Afia Nathaniel

Filmmaker

“Pakistani feature films are all about catering to the male ego and male fantasy.”

Ego Males Fantasy

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

“I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.”

Believe Ego

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Alan Cohen

Author

“Anger is the ego's way of cloaking fear to make what is frail seem formidable.”

Way Ego

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Elizabeth Gilbert

Author, Memoirist

“That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole.”

Feelings Broken Ego

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Deepak Chopra

Author, Speaker

“At the level of spirit, everything is always unfolding perfectly, and you don’t have to struggle or force situations to go your way. It is only your ego mind that is fearful. When you surrender to spirit and listen to the voice of your deeper intelligence, you free yourself from fear and release the obstacles your ego has created.”

Voice Struggle Ego

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Chris Martin

Musician

“I think when you're as talented as me or you, you don't need to have an ego. On a serious note, the people I most admire in the world in my field have never shown that much ego to me.”

People Thinking Ego

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Craig Stone

Musician

“The word begone is a Russian doll. A small, single word, which contains so many others; and when all the smaller words inside line up, they look like a bridge: Be Beg Ego Go On One.”

Ego Bridges Dolls

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

“The first step in wisdom, as well as in morality, is to open the windows of the ego as wide as possible.”

Firsts Wisdom Ego

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