Ego Quotes
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Ego Quotes
Explore meaningful ego quotes that speak to real life. Drawn from great minds across time, this collection offers clarity, comfort and inspiration when you need it most.
"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"Life is like music for its own sake. We are living in an eternal now, and when we listen to music we are not listening to the past, we are not listening to the future, we are listening to an expanded present. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"The only real 'you' is the one that comes and goes, manifests and dies, and therefore is not a 'you' at all. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"We do not 'come into' this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."
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Explore meaningful ego quotes that speak to real life. Drawn from great minds across time, this collection offers clarity, comfort and inspiration when you need it most.
Some of the most celebrated ego quotes come from Krishna, Albert Einstein, Gautama Buddha, Alan Watts, among many others featured on this page.
Popular ego quotes include: "All work is performed by the gunas of nature." -- Krishna Also: "He who has no ego, who is free from the sense of 'me' and 'mine', attains peace." -- Krishna.
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