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Ego
The great corrupter of public man is the ego....Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
-Dean Acheson,[from a speech to the Society of American Historians,as reported in The Wall Street Journal],April 22,1966
Well,one of the problems about being psychoanalyzed is,as Nietzsche said,"Be careful lest in casting out your devils that you cast out the best thing that's in you." So many people who are really in deep analysis look as though and act as though they have been filleted. There's no bone there,there's no stuff! How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout,to be in your service,is the trick.
-Joseph Campbell,The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work By Joseph Campbell; Edited and with an introduction by Phil Cousineau; Foreword by Stuart L. Brown
In any influence,will,a self,the ego,the I AM is the greater force to be dealt with,but as numbers do influence,a knowledge of same certainly gives an individual a foresight into relationships.
-Edgar Cayce
All charming people have something to conceal,usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
-Cyril Connolly,Enemies of Promise,1938
Thinking is often regarded as an extension of the ego. Clever children in school base their egos on being clever and on being right all the time. They dislike group work because they cannot then show the rest of the class where the good idea originated. When the ego and thinking are treated as the same thing there is a reluctance to be wrong and a need to defend a point of view rather than to explore the situation. A person should be able to treat his thinking much as a tennis player treats his strokes: he should be able to walk off the court complaining that his backhand was not working very well on that occasion or that it required more practice.
This new meta-system is very much in favour of the self,but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity,not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.
-Edward de Bono,The Happiness Purpose,1977
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather,the more our egoism is satisfied,the more robust is our belief.
-George Eliot
Modern man believes he is fruitful and productive when his ego is aggressively affirmed,when he is visibly active,and when his action produces obvious results.
-Thomas Merton,"Love & Living"
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls,your ego goes with it.
-Colin Powell
Intolerance itself is a form of egoism,and to condemn egoism intolerantly is to share it.
-George Santayana
With the disappearance of God the Ego moves forward to become the sole divinity.
-Dorothee Sölle,The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions,the work you do,social status and recognition,knowledge and education,physical appearance,special abilities,relationships,person and family history,belief systems,and often also political,nationalistic,racial,religious,and other collective identifications. None of these is you.
-Eckhart Tolle,The Power of Now
-Dean Acheson,[from a speech to the Society of American Historians,as reported in The Wall Street Journal],April 22,1966
Well,one of the problems about being psychoanalyzed is,as Nietzsche said,"Be careful lest in casting out your devils that you cast out the best thing that's in you." So many people who are really in deep analysis look as though and act as though they have been filleted. There's no bone there,there's no stuff! How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout,to be in your service,is the trick.
-Joseph Campbell,The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work By Joseph Campbell; Edited and with an introduction by Phil Cousineau; Foreword by Stuart L. Brown
In any influence,will,a self,the ego,the I AM is the greater force to be dealt with,but as numbers do influence,a knowledge of same certainly gives an individual a foresight into relationships.
-Edgar Cayce
All charming people have something to conceal,usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
-Cyril Connolly,Enemies of Promise,1938
Thinking is often regarded as an extension of the ego. Clever children in school base their egos on being clever and on being right all the time. They dislike group work because they cannot then show the rest of the class where the good idea originated. When the ego and thinking are treated as the same thing there is a reluctance to be wrong and a need to defend a point of view rather than to explore the situation. A person should be able to treat his thinking much as a tennis player treats his strokes: he should be able to walk off the court complaining that his backhand was not working very well on that occasion or that it required more practice.
This new meta-system is very much in favour of the self,but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity,not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.
-Edward de Bono,The Happiness Purpose,1977
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather,the more our egoism is satisfied,the more robust is our belief.
-George Eliot
Modern man believes he is fruitful and productive when his ego is aggressively affirmed,when he is visibly active,and when his action produces obvious results.
-Thomas Merton,"Love & Living"
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls,your ego goes with it.
-Colin Powell
Intolerance itself is a form of egoism,and to condemn egoism intolerantly is to share it.
-George Santayana
With the disappearance of God the Ego moves forward to become the sole divinity.
-Dorothee Sölle,The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions,the work you do,social status and recognition,knowledge and education,physical appearance,special abilities,relationships,person and family history,belief systems,and often also political,nationalistic,racial,religious,and other collective identifications. None of these is you.
-Eckhart Tolle,The Power of Now