“Violence generates more violence; hatred produces more hatred. Peace cannot be conquered. Peace cannot be the result of violence. Peace comes to us only when we dissolve the Ego, when we destroy within us all those psychological factors that produce war.” WarResultsViolenceProduceEgoHatredPsychologicalFactors Author:Samael Aun Weor
“Donald Trump is sort of an Orwellian figure, an authoritarian figure who is twisting words in an Orwellian manner, "1984," to exercise power and control people's minds, or is he a 5-year-old who has an ego that needs to be fed, and the universe has to warp around his ego needs so he can feel good about himself, and everybody has to produce photos to make the monarch feel like he's made of gold.” PeopleNeedsFeelsYearsMindMadeUniverseFiguresProduceTrumpExerciseEgoGoldFeel GoodFedsMonarchsWarpPower And ControlOrwellian Author:David Brooks
“There is nothing better than playing a scene with John Cleese or Maggie Smith. It's electric. But I don't think I'm the sort of person who needs to have an outer ego in order to produce something. I realised that through the travel programmes.” ThinkingNeedsPersonsOrderProduceSceneEgoElectricRealisedProgrammesMaggie Author:Michael Palin
“The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.” MindHumansRealityBrainToo MuchProduceEgoStressDefenseHandleDenialHuman MindMechanismPrimitiveInfernoDefense Mechanisms Book:Inferno: Special Illustrated Edition (Enhanced): Featuring Robert Langdon Source: Inferno: Special Illustrated Edition (Enhanced): Featuring Robert Langdon
“This ego has all the desires, ambitions, wants to be always on the top of everything. You are exploited by this ego. And this never allows you even a glimpse of your real authentic self, and your life is there, in your authenticity. Hence, this ego only produces misery, suffering, fighting, frustration, madness, suicide, murder - all kinds of crime.” WantKindRealSelfLife IsDesireSufferingFightingCrimeProduceEgoAmbitionMadnessMurderSuicideMiseryAuthenticityAll KindsFrustrationGlimpseAuthentic Self Author:Rajneesh
“Evolution does not isolate us from the rest of the Kosmos, it unites us with the rest of the Kosmos: the same currents that produced birds from dust and poetry from rocks produce egos from ids and sages from egos.” DoeRocksProduceEvolutionEgoBirdCurrentsDustSage Book:Integral Psychology Source: Integral Psychology
“Male egos require constant stroking. Every task is an achievement, every success epic. That is why women cook, but men are chefs: we make cheese on toast, they produce pain de fromage.” MenPainProduceEgoAchievementTasksConstantMalesCooksCheeseEpicChefToastsMale Ego Author:Belle de Jour