Ego Centric Quotes

I always say that my agenda is sufficiently gracious to leave more than ample room for the agenda of others. But if that's the case, why is it that such a big room only has space for one chair? ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

The greatest cause involves the decision not to make myself the greatest cause. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

There was another thing I heartily disbelieved in - work. Work, it seemed to me even at the threshold of life, is an activity reserved for the dullard. It is the very opposite of creation, which is play ... The part of me which was given up to work, which enabled my wife and child to live in the manner which they unthinkingly demanded, this part of me which kept the wheel turning - a completely fatuous, ego-centric notion! - was the least part of me. I gave nothing to the world in fulfilling the function of breadwinner; the world exacted its tribute of me, that was all. ~ Henry Miller

If I'm the only person at my party it's probably because the party is about one person. And if it's only about one person, it's not a party. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

If I'm my biggest fan, the only person in the stadium is probably me. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

At the point that our promises have become tactics to get what we want verses commitments that we intend to keep, the only thing that we are promising is the delivery of a broken promise. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

You do need some successes as a young person. They don't inflate the ego necessarily, they just give you identity and ego structure. But, don't construct your life around creating those. Or you will become narcissistic and ego-centric. That won't get you anywhere. ~ Richard Rohr

Entitlement is the shovel that digs a grave of greed. And there are those of us who stand at the bottom of such a grave having thrown out the last shovel full of dirt, never realizing that the grave that we've dug is our own until the same shovel suddenly starts backfilling the hole. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

If I think about it, I am truly a 'self-made' man. For in fact I've 'made' a real mess out of what God 'made,' and I 'made' that mess all by myself. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

There are so many great players walking the planet but it is rare to find musicians that can live life together in a way that isn't ego centric. For whatever reason, musicians are just bizarrely composed humans. I think I'm living in the middle of a miracle. ~ Crowder

Being my own cause is to position the world around me so that the entirety of it would be at my disposal. And if there's one way to rather quickly and efficiently dispose of my life, this would be it. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

My rather arrogant attitude deludes me into believing that my ability to understand something is the criteria for its legitimacy. And if there's one thing in my life that I don't understand yet I allow to be legitimate, thinking this way would most certainly be it. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

To allow Christ to live in you is to lose your ego-centric motivation ~ Sunday Adelaja

A focus on self-preservation is a choice for self-destruction. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Greatness untethered from God results in calamity unrestrained by men. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Be assured that whatever it is, there will be nothing 'in it for me' if I approach it from the perspective of 'what's in it for me. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Have we traded the good of mankind for the agenda of our kind? ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

If I'm calculating what I'm giving, I'm in fact stealing twice. First, I'm robbing the other person of all that I could give them. Second, I'm robbing myself of all the blessings inherent in the giving. Therefore, giving of this sort turns to losing of the worst sort. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love. ~ Steve Pavlina

To the extent that you eliminate ego from your activities, God comes into them - but no more and no less. Begin with that, and let it cost you your uttermost. In this way, and no other, is true peace to be found. ~ Meister Eckhart

Every action ('doing') causes bondage. 'Doing' is not needed for Liberation. For liberation, 'action' of Knowledge is required. Action of ignorance [of the self] is bondage. Action done with egoism is known as ignorant-action and the action done without egoism is known as knowledge-action. ~ Dada Bhagwan

Creativity does not depend on inherited talent or on environment or upbringing; it is the function of the ego of every human being. ~ Silvano Arieti

Men are not naturally faithful creatures. They have an ego that is in constant need of stroking and usually anything in a skirt fits that need. I never feel the need to make a man jealous in retribution for his infidelity. I simply pick up the wine and find a new taster... ~ Virginia Alison

In music, as you develop a theme or musical idea, there are many points at which directions must be decided, and at any time I was in the throes of debate with myself, harmonically or melodically, I would turn to Billy Strayhorn. We would talk, and then the whole world would come into focus. The steady hand of his good judgment pointed to the clear way that was fitting for us. He was not, as he was often referred to by many, my alter ego. Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine. ~ Duke Ellington

To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego. ~ Gary Oldman

A fight is like the perfect storm. It is risky and dangerous. But, as the African proverb goes, Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. Fights are often learning opportunities - if we're willing to dig deep enough past our own egos. ~ Lauren Klarfeld

Or else, given that there is world that side of the window and world this side, perhaps the "I," the ego, is simply the window through which the world looks at the world. ~ Italo Calvino

The authentic self is the best part of a human being. It's the part of you that already cares, that is already passionate about evolution. When your authentic self miraculously awakens and becomes stronger than your ego, then you will truly begin to make a difference in this world. You will literally enter into a partnership with the creative principle. ~ Andrew Cohen

In the therapeutic process based on awareness, there exists no "I" – it just exists a presence, a light, a love and a silence. ~ Swami Dhyan Giten

It is doubtful that real personal change can occur without the conscious and painful process of self-criticism that is required to reject power and ego. ~ Janis Birkeland

Only ego has fear. The Gnani Purush has no ego and so he has no fear of any kind. ~ Dada Bhagwan

Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise. ~ Idries Shah

This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture - of sinfulness and hell and God's notable severity - is idolatrous and cowardly. If a man or a woman who teaches the Scriptures is afraid to explain to you the severity of God, they have betrayed you, and they love their ego more than they love you. ~ Matt Chandler

Love is indirectly proportional to ego ~ Arya Vidhan

Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

I'll get you back for this, bitch," the male cupping his balls managed to grit out.
She gave him a patronising smile. "I know this must be painful for your ego. Try not to think of it as being defeated. Just think of it as being beat up by a girl. ~ Suzanne Wright

Great art grabs you, against your will, and then suspends your will. You are ushered into a quiet clearing, free of desire, free of grasping, free of ego, free of the self-contraction. And through that opening or clearing in your own awareness may come flashing higher truths, subtler revelations, profound connections. For a moment you might even touch eternity; who can say otherwise, when time itself is supendend in the clearing that great art creates in your awareness? ~ Ken Wilber

A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out. ~ Brian Eno

The secret to a happiness is a small ego. And a big wallet. Good wine helps, too. But that's not really a secret, is it? ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

A lot of times, you feel like you're walking on eggshells in a creative environment, because everyone's having to watch out for egos so much of the time. ~ Tony Hale

The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer. It insists that it cannot be affected by the traumas of the external world; it shows, in fact, that such traumas are no more than occasions for it to gain pleasure. ~ Sigmund Freud

Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment. Move the ego aside and be still, open, clear, bright and fully conscious. ~ Frederick Lenz

Ego likes comfort zones, safety, familiarity, boundaries, limits, a god who stays put in a box, and the known vs. the unknown. Ego can be a wimp. Unlike what most people believe, ego is not about too much confidence. Ego is about not enough confidence - confidence in the divine part of ourselves. ~ Janet Rebhan

The physical ego, the active consciousness in man, should uplift its body-identified self into unity with the soul, its true nature; it should not allow itself to remain mired in the lowly delusive strata of the senses and material entanglement. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

...the longer one stays in full flight from reality, the more painful will be the landing. ~ Taite Adams

Moderns consider themselves wholly rational, unemotional, scientific, and atheistic. Where earlier humanity had realized its unconscious through religion, moderns dismiss both religion and the unconscious as prescientific delusions. Instead, moderns proudly identify themselves with their ego and thereby boast of their omnipotence: nowadays most people identify themselves almost exclusively with their consciousness, and imagine that they ~ C. G. Jung

When you look in the mirror and cringe as a result of your shame, it is conscience. When you look in the mirror and cringe as a result of how people think of you, it is ego. Which of the two is more prevalent in your life? ~ Laura Bates

Ego Check. Damn it. How many would he need in one day? ~ Gena Showalter

Inspired action comes from the guidance of Spirit, not ego. When in doubt, don't. Inspired action is responsive, not reactive. ~ Annette Vaillancourt

There is no good in store so long as malice and jealousy and egotism will prevail. ~ Swami Vivekananda

I am an ant in the battlefield of the gods. There's no room for pride or ego, and barely enough room for survival. ~ Susan Ee

What I was being told in my 20s in the close-quartered, male-ego-infused work space, was that I had to stop reacting with my emotions to sexual desire towards me. The change, in other words, had to be made in me. ~ Cris Mazza

Seriously, though, the bouncer won't be a problem. I think he liked me." - Daemon
"W-w-What?" - Katy
"I think he liked me, like, really liked me." - Daemon
"Your ego knows no limit, you know that?." - Katy
"You'll see. I know these kinds of things." - Daemon ~ Jennifer L. Armentrout

In modern times we are often encouraged to protect our ego-force and individuality by securing a private world in which to develop our unique artistic voice. Many artists find themselves solo-paddling along a private and unchallenging river ... Could rivalry be a productive system? ~ Sara Genn

I always knew my sexual prowess has the power to save lives." "You can turn anything into an ego boost, can't you?" "I have a healthy sense of my own worth. But I have an even better sense of yours." "Aww ... ~ Rachel Vincent

I don't want to be looking inside my ego, my stuff, my achievements, my me, me, me, me, I hate that stuff. I just want to be out there eh to the last day of my life ah interested in the world, in causes, in helping other people. Um that doesn't mean that I don't have a spiritual practice, that I don't look at my own soul, that I don't prepare myself for the that transition that death is but I cannot sit in meditation to contemplate my navel for the rest of my life. That would be boring for me. ~ Isabel Allende

"Understand the process of the ego. How does the ego live? The ego lives in the tension between what you are and what you want to be. A wants to be B - the ego is created out of this very tension. How does the ego die? The ego dies by you accepting what you are. That you say, "I am fine as I am, where I am is good. I will remain just as existence keeps me. Its will is my will." ~ Rajneesh