The smaller you can make your ego, the less conditioned you can make your reactions, the less desires you can have about the outcome you want, the easier it to see the reality.

Naval Ravikant

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

Alan Watts

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

Robert Greene

Whenever you think that some situation or some person is ruining your life, it's actually you who are ruining your life. It's such a simple idea. Feeling like a victim is a disastrous way to make go through life.

Charlie Munger

When you drop ego, you can have great fun because you are no longer taking anything personally. You are a detached observer which has a peculiar joy of its own. Ego is a source of great tension. Egoistic people are anxious, self-defensive and uptight.

The Ancient Sage

Your ego is your self-image created by thought. It's your social mask requiring validation because it lives in fear of losing its sense of identity.

Thibaut