“Only the ego resists egos. The spirit may notice egos, but sees beyond them and does not engage with them.”

“It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.”

“It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!”

“Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down.”

“A transference neurosis corresponds to a conflict between ego and id, a narcissistic neurosis corresponds to that between between ego and super-ego, and a psychosis to that between ego and outer world.”

“The moment you become aware of the ego in you, it is strictly speaking no longer the ego, but just an old, conditioned mind-pattern. Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist.”