Ego Defence Quotes

#1. The very purpose of an ego defence such as reification (or indeed any ego defence) is, as the name implies, to protect and uphold a certain crystallized notion of self or 'I'. There is therefore an important sense in which the reifying self is itself reified.

Neel Burton

#2. By his willingly renouncing self-defence, the Christian affirms his absolute adherence to Jesus, and his freedom from the tyranny of his own ego. The exclusiveness of this adherence is the only power which can overcome evil.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#3. As though it had always been forbidden to remember
each of us grew up
knowing nothing about the beginning

W.S. Merwin

#4. I think hallucinations need to be discussed. There are all sorts of hallucinations, and then many sorts which are okay, like the ones I think which most of us have in bed at night before we fall asleep, when we can see all sorts of patterns or faces and scenes.

Oliver Sacks

#5. Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

Charles Dudley Warner

#6. I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead the Conservative Party to make quicker progress back into power.

Kenneth Clarke

#7. A joyous person abounds with energy and feels buoyant, because he or she is running a higher frequency current of energy through his or her system.

Gary Zukav

#8. I didn't want to be cut, but it made me a better person and a better player.

Jason Spezza

#9. Dark beasts, night terrors, and Ayden with manners? These woods were
terrifying indeed.

Rachel Haimowitz

#10. The hazards of the generalized prisoner's dilemma are removed by the match between the right and the good.

John Rawls

#11. The more risks you take, the more rewards you will receive.

Robin S. Sharma