The hardest part of acting is letting go of your ego.

Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.

There is no ego whatsoever in Salman.

We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal’ demonstrates that we will keep going despite the difficulties. It reveals our ego.

When I got the opportunity to do the new wing [the Schauhaus] for the German Historical Museum, for instance, I didn’t see it as an opportunity for my own ego, to do something so exciting that every architectural publication would want to put it on the cover. I accepted it because I knew it was going to be a very difficult project, and I wasn’t sure I could do something exciting there.

There’s nothing more boring than a rock’n’roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he goes, drinking himself stupid, who is obnoxious, incoherent, uncreative, and has a massive ego. There’s nothing more pointless

I’m somebody who’s super into psychology and analysis and the human psyche and the human experience. Other than just the purely enjoyable aspect of being on a nice, natural drug, I think doing such drug can be a very positive force in constantly forcing you to see yourself in a new way, and see and hear others in a new way. It really brings you back to square one. It deteriorates the ego, is basically what I’m saying.

One of my biggest Achilles heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses – being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

The ego cannot survive without judgment. The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.

I’m a straight shooter, and most of the time my ego doesn’t interrupt my relationships.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‘Ego’.

The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it.

My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.

Your producer, who you say idolizes me, is obviously a brilliant fellow.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.

That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.

All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.

The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.

The source of the ego is God.

All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.

There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.

If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.

In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the ‘we’ rather than the ‘I.’

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody’s ego, that’s it, game over.

If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

Get your egos off the battlefield.

I think much has been made of this alter ego business. I mean, I actually stopped creating characters in 1975 – for albums, anyway.

I surrounded myself with people who indulged my ego. They treated me as though I was Ziggy Stardust or one of my characters, never realising that David Jones might be behind it.

Making love with his ego.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego. The second half is going inward and letting go of it

Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence

The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our ego and live in another’s world.

Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.

Ego says, “Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace.” Spirit says, “Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place.

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.

Be truthful with yourself and other people, and try your best to make decisions outside of your ego.

It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego

Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live

The ego is a monkey catapulting through the jungle: totally fascinated by the realm of the senses, it swings from one desire to the next, one conflict to the next, one self-centered idea to the next.

Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it

My talent is my talent. I ain’t really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.