Quotes about Ego

Even torture that is only verbal reinforce the power of the torturer: The prisoner's imagination leads him to dread the next round of interrogations. And when it happens, the feeling of inferiority becomes more acute; it bores into the brain, and the cultural and psychological defenses that surround the brain disintegrate and vanish. The ego is dissolved.

I've talked to other players that have been to the Super Bowl and about what happened the next year. Everybody becomes stars. Everybody feels like, 'I'm the man.'

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

The ego hates losing — even to God.

In spiritual matters, the only real glory is in the renunciation of glorifying self.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.

Paul said, "You may brag about yourself, but the only approval that counts is the Lord's approval.

If anybody didn't have a Messiah complex, it was Jesus.

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

In religion, the ego manifests as the devil. And of course, no one realizes how smart the ego is because it created the devil so you could blame someone else.

Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is best.