One cannot attain knowledge unless one is free from egotism.
The root cause of a person's suffering is their pride. Even if someone makes a sacrifice, they can still get caught up in their own pride. What is the point of such a sacrifice? It is pride, or ego, that should be sacrificed. That is where true happiness and bliss are found.
One who regards all creatures as himself, is restrained, pure, and free from egoism, is considered to be emancipated from everything.
Work becomes elevated when it's done with the right mindset, free from attachment and egoism.
Ego is the root of the mind. The thought of 'I' is the source of all thoughts, and all thoughts revolve around this 'I'. Enquire into the nature of this 'I', and it will dissolve into nothingness, becoming one with the infinite 'I' or the ultimate reality.
You cannot realize God if you have even the slightest bit of egoism, attachment to name and form, or worldly desires in your mind.
When all desires cease, the mind becomes completely pure, the senses are subdued, and the mind achieves a significant degree of one-pointedness, and egoistic ideas dissolve, the Kundalini will awaken naturally.
On account of the barrier of ego one does not see God.
Egotism is of the nature of tamas; it is begotten by ignorance.
It is futile to be egotistic. Neither body nor wealth will last.
All troubles come to an end when the ego dies.
God's grace is the ultimate help. You may try thousands of times, but nothing can be achieved without God's grace. One cannot see God without His grace. It's not easy to receive God's grace; one must renounce egotism completely, as one cannot see God as long as they feel they are the doer.
That enemy was slain by me, and others too I shall slay. I am the lord, I am the enjoyer, I am perfect, mighty, and happy.
Serve with humility, taking on a spirit of meekness. Otherwise a person develops such a sense of doership over even the smallest favour he does in the world that the pride and conceit of it devours him, and he remains intoxicated by it. But the true mark is the spirit of non-doership and selflessness. For this reason the devotees serve without any sense of doership, with humility, and never let the pride or ego of their service enter the mind.
In the same way, for the benefit of the devotee, the Lord of the Raghus removes his ego. Tulasidasa says, after renouncing all errors, why should one not worship such a lord?
Envy, pride, delusion, arrogance, and thievery have no skill or trickery here.
They are free from passion, greed, pride, and arrogance. For them, prosperity and adversity are the same.
I beg of you, Ravana, to give up your arrogance and listen to my words. Consider your lineage and focus on the truth, and in any case, give up your illusions and worship the one who removes the fear of his devotees.
A recluse is quickly destroyed by attachment, a king by bad advice, wisdom by arrogance, modesty by intoxication, friendship by lack of love, and a man of merit by ego.
Never surrender to passion, anger, jealousy, arrogance, or infatuation, not even in your dreams. Abandon all negative feelings and serve them with your mind, words, and actions.