“The self you have betrayed is your mind; self-esteem is reliance on one’s power to think. The ego you seek, that essential “you” which you cannot express or define, is not your emotions or inarticulate dreams, but your intellect, that judge of your supreme tribunal whom you’ve impeached in order to drift at the mercy of any stray shyster you describe as your “feeling.”” ThinkingMindSelfFeelingsDreamOrderEmotionSelf EsteemJudgingEgoEssentialsMercyIntellectSupremeEsteemBetrayedRelianceInarticulateTribunals Author:John Galt
“For men, it's absolutely essential to stop believing that they're superior to women because that very belief engenders ego, which sets them off-balance. Therefore, they don't realize that they're being manipulated by the second attention of woman because their ego won't permit them.” MenBelieveBeliefWomenRealizingAttentionBalanceEgoEssentialsEnlightenmentSuperiorsPermit Author:Frederick Lenz
“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
“Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. He can say, "Oh, I stood up to the U.S.," or, "Hey, I'm essential to the world order."” WorldWayTwoOrderProcessEgoEssentialsHeyPutinTwo WaysWorld OrderStood UpManiaEgomaniacs Author:David Brooks
“If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.” IfsMeanSelfInterestEgoEssentialsEfficientTerrificEgotismAquariums Book:How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: with The Human Machine Source: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: with The Human Machine
“Like all other lonely or hungry things, ego loves the light. It sees light, and the possibility of being close to the soul, and it creeps up to it and steals one of its essential camouflages. In a hunger for soul, our own ego-self steals the pelt” SoulSelfLightPossibilityEgoEssentialsLonelyHungerStealingHungryCreepsCamouflage Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes