“Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.” PersonsFactsGreaterCrazyEgoNormalMadAveragePsychologicalPsychoticNormalityNormalcy Author:Sigmund Freud
“Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself” MadeVoiceDecisionResultsGreaterDoorsListeningEgoChecksGutsRight DecisionWrong Decision Author:Oprah Winfrey
“Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego” GreaterEgoRelated Author:Albert Einstein
“Different ages have certain approaches, which may be more effective for one age and no longer effective in another age. The world that we live in now has much greater density to it; it is much more all-pervasive. And when I say "world," I include the human mind in it. The human mind has grown even since the time of the Buddha, 2,500 years ago. The human mind is more noisy and more all-pervasive, and the egos are bigger.” WorldYearsMindHumansMayDifferentAgeCertainGreaterEgoApproachYears AgoBiggerHuman MindNoisyDensityDifferent Ages Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.” PeopleNeedsFeelsBelieveNamesSocialProcessNumbersGreaterCrimeHeroSafeEgoJustifiedTrue Hero Author:Lauryn Hill
“As we know from our government, the more power you have, the more of a bureaucrat you are, and the more ego you have invested in being right, the greater the odds are that you will never change your opinion.” KnowsGovernmentOpinionGreaterEgoOddsNever ChangeBureaucrats Author:Richard Linklater
“By far the greater part of violence that humans inflicted on each other is not the work of criminals or mentally deranged, but of normal, respectable citizens service of the collective ego. One can go so far as to say that on this planet "normal" equals insane. What is it that lies at the root of this insanity? Complete identification with thought and emotion, that is to say, ego.” HumansLyingEmotionGreaterViolencePlanetsCitizensEgoNormalRootsCriminalsInsaneInsanityCollectivesRespectableIdentificationDerangedThoughts And Emotions Author:Eckhart Tolle
“The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.” MindGreaterEgoConceitFablesConceited Book:Without Remorse Source: Without Remorse
“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