“Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence.”

“There is a deeper joy in emptying ourselves/ A deeper fulfilment in commitment/ A nobler life in letting ourselves go/ a truer self in not clinging on to my self!”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu (1957) Indian philosopher

“The more we try to wrest ourselves from our ego, the deeper we sink into it.”

Emil M. Cioran book History and Utopia

“The idea of ego often defeats all human efforts to achieve happiness. Will we eventually come to peace of heart and mind? Can we let go of the ego to return to the purity of the soul? And the blessings look like twinkling stars in the sky. Blessed are the great souls who are able to overcome the shallowness of the mind and the pride of the soul.”

Titon Rahmawan

“A disciple asked, "Who is a Master?"
The Master replied, "Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece."”

Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer

“Do not kill your ego and do not let your ego to kill you. Control your ego and rule over it.”

Elia M. Ramollah (1973) founder and leader of the El Yasin Community

“The divine Ego, as the basis of Eternal Existence, continually expresses itself; but shrouded in the veil of ignorance, man misconstrues his Indivisible Ego and experiences and expresses it as the limited, separate ego.”

Meher Baba (1894–1969) Indian mystic

“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them”

David Hume (1711–1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian

“A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.”

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher

“Q: How do you define ego? A: Ego is life. To keep the body's existence is ego. It is the part of the mind which identifies a creature with the world. Ego self tells you, “This is my body,” and also tells you, “This is my Self.” It connects the two.”

Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition