“The pain of sexual frustration, of repressed tenderness, of denied curiosity, of isolation in the ego, of greed, suppressed rebellion, of hatred poisoning all love and generosity, permeates our sexuality. What we love we destroy.” PainEgoHatredCuriosityGreedSexualityGenerosityIsolationFrustrationRebellionDeniedTendernessPoisoningRepressed Book:The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings Source: The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings
“The man who sailed around his soul From East to West, from pole to pole With ego as his drunken captain Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold” MenSoulReasonHe ManEgoWestGreedEastTrappedCaptains Author:Andy Partridge
“Where is your heart? Is your heart with God? Is it with your own ego or your lust? Is it with your greed, your pride, envy, or your resentment? This is a time where you can go into yourself and ask: Where is my heart? Ramadan is a time to give the heart back to the One who possesses the hearts.” GivingHeartAsksPrideMy HeartEgoGreedEnvyLustResentmentMuslimRamadan Author:Hamza Yusuf
“Greed, desire, ambition, jealousy, possessiveness, domination - you have to watch everything. And they are all interconnected, remember. If greed disappears, then anger will disappear. If anger disappears, jealousy will disappear. If jealousy disappears, violence will disappear. If violence disappears, possessiveness will disappear. They are all intertwined. In fact, they are spokes of the same wheel, and the hub that supports them all is the ego. So watch the ways of the ego.” IfsWayFactsRememberDesireWatchesSupportViolenceEgoAmbitionGreedDisappearJealousyWheelsSpokesDominationInterconnectedIntertwinedPossessivenessHub Author:Rajneesh
“I'm very much about the environment, I'm very much about health, about being able to, at the very least, eat organic, whole foods that are healthy for us. And then, of course, everyone being able to eat and at least have a humane way to live. There's enough for everybody, but unfortunately, there's a lot of greed and a lot of ego.” WayEnoughWholeAbleCoursesEnvironmentHealthyEgoGreedHumaneWay To LiveWhole FoodsHumane Way Author:Lenny Kravitz
“Every single one of the major world faiths, whether we're talking about Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Darwinism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, have all come to the conclusion that what holds us back from our better self is ego, selfishness, greed, unkindness, hatred. And it all springs from a sense of thwarted ego.” WorldSelfTalkingChristianityBuddhismEgoMajorsSpringHatredIslamGreedConclusionSelfishnessHinduismJudaismDarwinismConfucianismUnkindnessChristianity And Islam Author:Karen Armstrong
“Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed.” SocialSinEgoSevenGreedSlothSocial NetworkDeadly SinsLinkedinSeven Deadly SinsSeven Sins Author:Reid Hoffman
“There will be people who will teach for the sake of greed or for the sake of ego. So watch their lives. Do they look and act like Jesus?” PeopleLooksJesusWatchesTeachEgoGreedSake Author:Francis Chan
“There's a big difference between the National Book Awards and the Academy Awards. At the Academy Awards you can feel the greed and envy and ego. Whereas the National Book Awards are in New York.” FeelsBookBigsDifferencesNew YorkEgoGreedEnvyAwardsAcademyAcademy Awards Author:Steve Martin
“My mother was a tremendous woman. I was just cleaning up old trunks and I found a book with her notes written during the war years, in the 1940s. She was studying in Lahore, which became Pakistan. She was writing about how women alone could bring peace to the world, that the men with all their greed and egos were creating all these tensions and violence. I always knew she was a feminist, ahead of her time.” MenWorldWritingYearsBookWarMotherFoundStudyViolenceWrittenHe ManEgoCreatingNotesGreedFeministTensionPakistanCleaningTrunksCleaning UpLahore Author:Vandana Shiva
“Throughout most of our history, nothing - not flood, famine, plague, or new weapons - has endangered humanity one-tenth as much as the narcissistic ego, with its self-aggrandizing presumptions and its hell-hound spawn of fear and greed.” SelfHumanityHellEgoWeaponsGreedFloodPlagueNarcissisticFaminePresumptionHoundsSpawn Author:Tom Robbins
“I've been working in Hollywood for a long time now in many different aspects in front of the camera, behind the camera, and I've worked with top executives, presidents of networks. I've worked all around. I see energy and what's around these studios and a lot of these offices. You don't get the high positions in these companies if you don't take advantage of other people in some way. I've seen that around. I've seen that around the studios, whether it's producers or whoever. Egos are there. Greed.” PeopleIfsWayLongDifferentEnergyPresidentBehindsCompanyFrontsPositionEgoOfficeLong TimeAdvantageAspectHollywoodCamerasGreedStudiosProducersExecutives Author:James Van Praagh
“A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you." The son thought about it for a minute and then asked, "Which wolf will win?" The old man replied simply, "The one you feed.” MenSaidTwoSelfJoyLyingFightingEvilWinningCompassionKindnessMinutesHumilitySonRegretPrideTerribleSorrowEgoEmpathyGuiltGreedEnvyPityGenerosityArroganceOld ManResentmentSerenitySuperiorityBenevolenceInferioritySelf PityPeace LoveHope LoveFalse PrideTwo Wolves Author:Wendy Mass
“Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego, but in the revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful institutions.” PeopleFirstsHelpingSpiritBornPowerfulCommonEgoComputerInstitutionsGreedRevolutionaryMost PowerfulRise Above Author:Steve Wozniak
“This is where we are at right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing a reality based on a thin veneer of lies and illusions. A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.” WorldMindHeartWholeRealityLyingLeftSinFantasyKeysRight NowEgoIllusionUnityGreedDrivenDivisionClevernessLeft OutLoopsVeneerRevolutionary Ideas Author:Bill Hicks
“Meditation is like the moon: it transforms the energy of lust into love, anger into compassion, greed into sharing, aggressiveness into receptivity, ego into humbleness.” EnergyCompassionMeditationMoonEgoAngerGreedLustHumblenessReceptivityAggressivenessAnger Love Author:Rajneesh
“Awareness is fire; it burns all that is wrong in you. It burns your ego. It burns your greed, it burns your possessiveness, it burns your jealousy - it burns all that is wrong and negative, and it enhances all that is beautiful, graceful, divine.” BeautifulFireAwarenessDivineEgoNegativeGreedJealousyPossessivenessI Am JealousYour Jealous Author:Rajneesh
“The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy. Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld That awareness is my teaching. Never fight with greed, ego, anger, jealousy, hatred - all those enemies that the religions have been telling you, 'Fight with them, crush them, kill them. You cannot kill them, you cannot crush them, you cannot fight with them; all that you can do is just be aware of them.' And the moment you are aware, they are gone. In the light, the darkness simply disappears.” Has BeensMomentsLightFightingCan DoBornQualityEnemyDarknessGoneTeachingAwarenessEgoHatredMarkGreedEnvyDisappearJealousyCrushTruestGreat QualitiesYour Jealous Author:Rajneesh
“We are identified with the ego, and with the ego there are many things: anger and hatred and jealousy and possessiveness and greed - the whole train. The ego functions like an engine and there are many many compartments following it. Once the ego dies the whole train stops.” WholeDiesEgoHatredFunctionTrainGreedFollowingJealousyEnginesPossessivenessYour JealousHatred And Jealousy Author:Rajneesh
“There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.” SuccessSportsEgoGreedAthleteMotivational SportsPretenseProfessional AthletePomposity Author:Ted Simmons
“After the demands of the ego and its greed surrendered, the struggle for fulfillment of personal desires lessens; life takes on a new zest like a breath of fresh air.” DesireStruggleAirDemandEgoYogaBreathsGreedFulfillmentFresh AirZestPersonal Desire Author:Sivananda Radha Saraswati
“Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational.” EgoSmartCriticismGreedEnvyRationalGossipImitation Author:Warren Buffett
“Forget your sadness, anger, grudges, and hatred. Let them pass like smoke caught in the breeze. You should not deviate from the path of righteousness; you should lead a life worthy of a man. Don't be possessed by greed, luxury, or your ego. You should accept sorrows, sadness and hatred as they are, and consider them a chance for trial given to you by the powers... a blessing given by nature. Have both your mind and your time fully engaged in bud?, and have your mind deeply set on bujutsu.” MenShouldMindGivenChanceForgetAcceptingPathSadnessSorrowBlessingEgoHatredGreedCaughtWorthyTrialsLuxurySmokeEngagedRighteousnessPossessedBreezeBudGrudgeForget YouDeviate Author:Masaaki Hatsumi
“Success always calls for greater generosity - though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed. Collecting boot is not an end itself, but only a means for building an empire. Riches would be of little use to us now - except as a means of winning new friends.” PeopleMeanLittlesEndsUseWould BeWinningLostDarknessGreaterBuildingEgoTreatsArmyGreedRichesOccasionsGenerosityEmpiresBootsCollectingNew Friends Author:Cyrus the Great
“I still play music for the same reasons as when I first started; for the energy, the feeling, the interaction with others. Not for the money, ego or greed.” FirstsStillsReasonPlayFeelingsEnergyEgoGreedInteractionInteraction With Others Author:Jason Newsted