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I think all people are familiar with thinking about their death and trying to come to terms with the fact that we will, at some point, no longer exist. The loss of one's ego is very tough to reconcile with; you really have to do a lot of mental gymnastics to wrap your head around the idea of just not existing anymore.

~David Lowery

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Ego suppression can be an act of ostentation.

~David Milch

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I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'

~David O. Russell

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That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction. That's what takes people out of the fight half the time.

~David O. Russell

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That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.'

~David O. Russell

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It's tough to be in a relationship with a musician, because it reads sometimes as this ego and self-involvement when it's really just concentration and focus.

~David Sanborn

Topics: Because Concentration Ego Focus Just Musician Reads Really Relationship Sometimes Tough

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The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

~Dean Acheson

Topics: Attention Ego Great Looking Man Mirror Problem Public Public Man

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To live in the light of a new day and an unimaginable and unpredictable future, you must become fully present to a deeper truth - not a truth from your head, but a truth from your heart; not a truth from your ego, but a truth from the highest source.

~Debbie Ford

Topics: Become Day Deeper Ego Fully Future Head Heart Highest Light Live Must New New Day Present Source Truth Unimaginable Unpredictable You Your A New Day

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Beneath the surface of your ego's insatiable cravings, your authentic desires are waiting patiently for you to acknowledge, claim and express them.

~Debbie Ford

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When you treat yourself with the kindness and high regard that you would give to one of your spiritual heroes, your body becomes the epicenter of quiet joy rather than a battlefield for the ego.

~Debbie Ford

Topics: Battlefield Becomes Body Ego Give Heroes High Joy Kindness Quiet Rather Regard Spiritual Than Treat Would You Your Your Body Yourself

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