“Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz.” ActionFallMovementInvolvedActivityEgoFlowJazzSakeTime FliesPlaying Jazz Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested in self-realization then you cannot make a good painting. To do this you have to have thought about forming, and about how ideas of forming stem from history.” IfsIdeasSelfPaintingNeededEgoSakeSelf RealizationRealizationStem Author:Joseph Beuys
“When is a game more than a game? So often, we pay lip service to the uplifting power of sports, the teamwork, the camaraderie, the lessons in taming one's own ego for the sake of the group. But you have to wonder, how often is that still really true?” StillsGamesSportsPayWonderGroupsLessonsEgoSakeLipsUpliftingTeamworkOften IsCamaraderieReally TrueLip ServiceTaming Author:Michel Martin
“Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way. It's no good being an illustrator who is saying a lot that is on his or her mind, if it has nothing to do with the text. . . the artist must override the story, but he must also override his own ego for the sake of the story.” IfsWayMindDifferentStoriesArtistEgoSakeTricksDifferent WaysIllustrationIllustrators Author:Maurice Sendak
“There is who loves you quietly, and respects you quietly, and wishes you privately, and walks away when he sees you busy with someone other than him, and his ego restrains him from getting near you, and contents himself with the love for the sake of love” WishWalksLove YouEgoBusySakeWish You Author:Nizar Qabbani
“I just really like writing and making television shows. There are ego rewards in doing battle with other television programs in prime time in the main season. I suppose there are times when I might look at that and think that's the major league. But when you look at it, ultimately would I really want to gamble my livelihood and my ability to connect with my fan base or write a show that I really like writing, or in some cases direct a show that I really like directing, for the sake of winning an ego battle? It's totally not worth it. That stuff is so ephemeral.” ThinkingWantWritingLooksShowsMightWinningStuffAbilityCasesFansTelevisionBattleEgoMajorsProgramDirectSeasonsRewardsSakeLeaguePrimeWorth ItGambleTelevision ShowsEphemeralLivelihoodMajor LeagueNot Worth ItPrime Time Author:Matt Nix
“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
“The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.” GamesMinutesEgoSakeCompromiseGame Over Author:Gordon Ramsay
“I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.” ThinkingArtArtistEgoSakePretentious Author:Lou Reed
“To globalize for the sake of globalizing-as a matter of ego-is perilous. Expanding internationally is hard, risky work. Globalization is not just about putting up a plant. It's not about making an acquisition. It's much, much more.” MatterHardEgoPlantSakeGlobalizationExpandingAcquisition Author:Kumar Mangalam Birla
“We mistakenly assume that bodily survival has a higher precedence than ego survival. This is simply not generally true. Ego will happily destroy the body for its own sake. Look at overweight executives headed for heart attacks on the way to getting their pictures in Fortune or anorexic models suffering slow starvation on their way to getting their pictures in Vogue. Protecting ego is the general case.” WayLooksHeartBodySufferingCasesHigherEgoSurvivalModelsAssumingFortuneSakeExecutivesStarvationOverweightVogueHeart AttackPrecedenceAnorexics Book:What It Is Like To Go To War Source: What It Is Like To Go To War