
“Do not kill your ego and do not let your ego to kill you. Control your ego and rule over it.”
Flow of Divine Guidance (vol.1)
Variant: Expansion to your ego, friend.
-At your expense.
“Do not kill your ego and do not let your ego to kill you. Control your ego and rule over it.”
Flow of Divine Guidance (vol.1)
Variant: You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
“Alms (is) for the purity of your soul, and flourishment and expansion of your sustenence.”
Ayan al-Shī‘ah, vol.1, p. 316.
Religious Wisdom
“Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.”
Buddhism : The Religion of No-Religion
Context: Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. Just as the word "water" is a noise that symbolizes a certain liquid without being it, so too the idea of ego symbolizes the role you play, who you are, but it is not the same as your living organism.
“Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy”