If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.
Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.
You get tangled up in your own ego of how you're perceived. You can lose your way.
It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.
The ego is not master in its own house.
Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.
I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.