Quotes about Ego

We want people to like us and admire us and speak well of us. It is a deadly drive. Jesus warned us, "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; and whoever humbles himself will be exalted" (Matthew 23:12).

Christians who live for self dishonor their Redeemer.

But self-will is blind.

We can receive of heaven's light only as we are willing to be emptied of self.

Censorship is the height of vanity.

But humans want to usurp the place of God, making themselves the center of the Story.

This is an empire called "narcissism.

You must come to see that a man may be self-centered in his self-denial and self-righteous in his self-sacrifice. His generosity may feed his ego and his piety his pride. Without love, benevolence becomes egotism and martyrdom becomes spiritual pride.

The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light.

A man's spirit is his self. That entity which is his consciousness. To think, to feel, to judge, to act are functions of the ego.

Let's be gods. Let's be ugly.