“Society is only possible on these terms, that the individual finds therein a strengthening of his own ego and his own will.” IndividualTermSocietyEgoStrengthening Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist
“Have you ever wondered why the slang terms for intoxication are so demolition-oriented? Stoned, smashed, hammered. It's because they're talking about the Ego. It's the Ego that gets blasted, waxed, plastered.” TermTalkingEgoDrunkennessIntoxicationSlangHammeredDemolition Author:Steven Pressfield
“Humility consists of knowing that in this world the whole soul, not only what we term the ego in its totality, but also the supernatural part of the soul, which is God present in it, is subject to time and to the vicissitudes of change. There must be absolutely acceptance of the possibility that everything material in us should be destroyed. But we must simultaneously accept and repudiate the possibility that the supernatural part of the soul should disappear.” WorldShouldSoulWholeTermAcceptingKnowingSubjectsPossibilityThis WorldAcceptanceHumilityMaterialsEgoDisappearDestroyedTotalityVicissitudes Author:Simone Weil
“The dark ages still reign over all humanity, and the depth and persistence of this domination are only now becoming clear. This Dark Ages prison has no steel bars, chains, or locks. Instead, it is locked by misorientation and built of misinformation. Caught up in a plethora of conditioned reflexes and driven by the human ego, both warden and prisoner attempt meagerly to compete with God. All are intractably skeptical of what they do not understand. We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.” ThinkingHumansHas BeensStillsAgeHumanityTermDarkClearBecomingEgoBuiltPrisonDepthCaughtDrivenBarsChainsPersistencePrisonerLockedLocksSteelReignCaught UpDominationSkepticalDark AgesMisinformationReflexesWardens Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“The traits in career politicians the public detests most are produced when ego triumphs over principle.” PoliticalPoliticsTermPrinciplesCareersPoliticianEgoTriumphTraitsTerm LimitsCareer Politicians Author:Tom Coburn
“Another very common use, in all cultures, of psychoactive substances is to give people transcendent experiences. To allow them to transcend their human and ego boundaries to feel greater contact with the supernatural, or with the spiritual, or with the divine, however they phrase it in their terms.” PeopleGivingFeelsHumansUseSpiritualCultureTermCommonGreaterDivineEgoBoundariesContactSubstancePhrasesTranscendent Author:Andrew Weil
“Drive, ego and cocksureness are all essential elements in terms of getting exactly what you want but losing everything you've got.” WantTermEgoEssentialsElementsLosingWhat You WantLosing Everything Author:Dane Cook
“Putting your ego aside and confronting your weaknesses and just letting things happen is hard. Not to use a Scientology term, but it's difficult to do an emotional or an artistic audit.” HardUseHappensDifficultTermEmotionalEgoWeaknessThings HappenArtisticConfrontingScientologyLetting Things Happen Author:Annie E. Clark
“Malick is so far on the other side of the spectrum in terms of his character. Malick is a complete recluse, and not at all driven by ego or championing who he is as an individual. It's all about the art. Whereas Herzog is constantly placing himself into the engine. Malick is such a gentle poet.” ArtCharacterIndividualSidesTermPoetEgoDrivenGentleEnginesSpectrumRecluse Author:Sam Pressman
“Chaos is what we've lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our world, which is Ego, which clenches because its existence is defined in terms of control.” WorldNamesLostGivenTermExistenceEgoChaosDefinedOur WorldDominantMind BlowingArchetypeDmtBlowing It Author:Terence McKenna
“Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are.” ThinkingNeedsWellsEndsPlayAbleYoungCertainTermHurtCareersPlayerAmountEgoTricksArroganceBetter Than YouPush Yourself Author:David Cone
“The term "self" seems a suitable one for the unconscious substrate whose actual exponent in consciousness is the ego. The ego stands to the self as the moved to the mover, or as object to subject, because the determining factors that radiate outward from the self surround the ego on all sides and are therefore supraordinate to it. The self, like the unconscious, as an a priori existent out of which the ego evolves. It is, so to speak, an unconscious prefiguration of the ego. It is not I who create myself; rather, I happen to myself.” SelfSeemsHappensSpeakSidesTermConsciousnessPsychologySubjectsObjectsEgoMovedFactorsEvolveUnconsciousSurroundSuitableExponents Author:Carl Jung