He that is proud eats up himself. Pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise.

William Shakespeare

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The ego-self constantly pushes reality away. It constructs a future out of empty expectations and a past out of regretful memories.

Ego is false confidence, self-respect is true confidence.

The moment you allow yourself to be treated like anyone else, it is too late — you are swallowed and digested.

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

All you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that's the ego in you.

Let your action be free of all traces of ego. When an action is free of ego it leaves no problems in its wake.

The Ancient Sage

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