#ego

Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success. ↗

— Bobbe Sommer

#happiness #modesty #opinion #precondition #regard

We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves. ↗

— Jack Gardner

#interest #self-absorbtion #vanity #ego

Do you ever lose the ego?” Westford asks me. “Yeah.” When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#conversation #ego #westford #conversation

The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. ↗

— John O'Donohue

#identity #identity

Surprise widened his eyes as he stepped back. "Caving in so easily?" "Caving in?" I laughed without feeling. "I just want you out of my face." Daemon chuckled deeply. "Keep telling yourself that, Kitten." "Keep using your ego steroids. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#jennifer-l-armentrout #katy-and-daemon #katy-swartz #lux #onyx

Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#fame #openness #patience #receptivity #fame

The problem with introspection is that it has no end. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#ego #infinity #introspection #meditation #self

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#ego #self-worth #ego

And I realized that I’d tolerated him this long because of self-doubt. ↗

— Anne Rice

#ego #ego

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all. ↗