#ego

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. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#hubris #humble #modesty #ego

Her green eyes flutter all the way open, and she looks amused. It pricks his ego slightly. After that kiss, shouldn’t she be fainting at his feet? But she’s grinning. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #jace-wayland #ego

In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs ↗

— Charles Chaplin

#ego

Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears. ↗

— Henry Cloud

#parenting #pride #ego