Quotes about Ego

The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism

When a friend told Francis Bacon that he would prefer not to have an eternal soul than to live in eternal torment, the painter replied with a grim realism that people are "so attracted to their egos that they'd probably rather have the torment than simple annihilation.

You must constantly beware of anything that causes you to think of yourself as a superior person.

Whenever our right becomes the guiding factor of our lives, it dulls our spiritual insight.

The greatest idol I will never truly remove is self.

If you put yourself in the center of your world, you will find plenty of things to complain about.

When I opt for a me-centered "more," what I actually get is always much, much less.

There is no investment as poor as investment in the kingdom of self!

Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.