Egotism is such a terrible disease, he dies, to be reincarnated he continues coming and going.

Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don't have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The readiness to be exposed seems to make the difference between ego's approach to spirituality and an enlightened one.

Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.

Suffering is essential for the elimination of the ego, just as it was necessary for you to scrub and scrub in order to wash the stain from my coat.

How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus.

We are busy playing with the toys of ego. No doubt, this is the life of most people in the world.

We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.

The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests.

As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.

Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.

Egotism is such a terrible disease, in the love of duality, they do their deeds.

Your worst enemy is hiding within yourself, and that enemy is your nafs or false ego.

The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.

The way to freedom is through service to others. The way to happiness is through meditation and being in tune with God... break the barriers of your ego, shed selfishness, free yourself from the consciousness of the body, forget yourself, do away with this prison house of incarnations, melt your heart in all, be one with creation.

Did Buddha teach that the many was real and the ego unreal, while orthodox Hinduism regards the One as the real, and the many as unreal?" the Swami was asked. "Yes", answered the Swami. "And what Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and I have added to this is, that the Many and the One are the same Reality, perceived by the same mind at different times and in different attitudes.

Neither this body am I, nor soul, Nor these fleeting images passing by, Nor concepts and thoughts, mental images, Nor yet sentiments and the psyche's labyrinth. Who then am I? A consciousness without origin, Not born in time, nor begotten here below. I am that which was, is and ever shall be, A jewel in the crown of the Divine Self, A star in the firmament of the luminous One.

The moment we use the term 'help', a kind of egocentric idea enters into us. If we help someone, that means we are in a superior position. When we help, we feel that we are one step ahead or one step higher than the ones that we are helping. But if we serve someone, then we offer our capacity with humility, on the strength of our loving concern and oneness. So let us use the proper term, 'service'.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important.

The ego is a tool. You don't separate it. It's a tool for the spirit.

Heart is the place of emotion, ego, and attachment. You have to rise above all the propensities of the heart. Clean it thoroughly, surrendering it to God through regular prayer and meditation, and through sincere and steadfast effort.

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.

Any holy book that gives you spiritual motivation is good, but one should not develop ego or pride with one's knowledge of the scriptures. Theoretical knowledge is not enough in daily life. Practical experience is essential.