Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Confidence is when you believe in yourself and your abilities, arrogance is when you think you are better than others and act accordingly.

Stewart Stafford

You want to be free as the ego, but you need to be free FROM the ego. To be free from it is to understand its unreality.

Mooji

El principio más profundo en la naturaleza humana es el anhelo de ser apreciado.

William James

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.

John Lennon

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Baruch Spinoza