WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT . . .? - (quotes from Guru Granth Sahib ji)

EGO

The self-willed are never at peace. (Sri Raag M. 1)
Rare, O rare, are they who serve the True Guru; they still their ego and avarice and wear the Lord in their hearts. (Sri Raag M. 3)
He who subdues his body and stands on his head to meditate, but doesn't shed his ego, will not find the Lord's Name, even if he does (these so called) 'spiritual' deeds. (Sri Raag M 3)
We are all the Brides of the Lord and we decorate ourselves (for His Pleasure). But if we are proud of our beauty our red robes are of no use. We won't find Love through deceit; the false show is of no avail (with God) (Sri Raag M. 1)
One who comes to the world but indulges in ego, is swept away. The world is like the store-house of collyrium; the body and mind are blackened in it . (Sri Raag M. 1)
The egotist is blind because his conscience is not awake. He is the killer of himself and the killer of the world. (Majh M. 3)
When a man has pride of self, he's like a parrot caught in a shallow reed. When a man has pride of Wisdom and Devotion to God his efforts are of no avail in the eyes of the Lord. He who thinks he discourses well is like the peddler who courses through the world (for others). Nanak says: He alone Receives the Lord, who sheds his ego in the Society of Saints. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 5)
When one sheds one's Ego, one is at peace and one's body and mind are in health. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 5)
He, in whose heart is pride of dominions, dies like a dog and falls into hell. He, in whose heart is pride of beauty, is but a worm abiding in dirt. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 5)
He, in whose heart is pride of good deeds, He, for sure, dies to be born again and again. He, in whose heart is pride of wealth and lands is a blind fool, void of Wisdom. He, who is blessed with humility by the Lord's Grace obtains deliverance in this world and peace hereafter. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 5)
A wealthy man has pride of his riches, (doesn't he realize that) nothing goes along with him (after death), not even a straw? If he has pride of having hosts of men (many friends), (doesn't he realize that) they are destroyed in an instant? He, who deems himself to be all-powerful, (doesn't he realize that) he becomes mere dust in a moment? The proud one takes no one into account, but the Lord of Justice humbles and destroys him. Nanak says, He who loses his ego, by the Guru's Grace, is approved at the Lord's Court. If a man, in pride, does a myriad of good deeds, all his toil is wasted away. If he does penance in pride, he wanders between heaven and hell and is reincarnated again and again. He, who is in ceaseless effort, but doesn't have a tender heart, Oh, how shall he reach the Court of the Lord? He, who seeks to be called good, him goodness touches not. Nanak says: He, whose mind is the dust of all, His repute alone is the Purest of the pure. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 5)
In Ego one comes: in Ego one goes. In Ego is one born: in Ego one dies. In Ego one gives, in Ego one takes. In Ego one earns, in Ego one wastes. In Ego is one truthful or lies like a liar. In Ego one reflects on Virtue and Sin. In Ego we land in Heaven and Hell. In Ego are we happy, in Ego in sorrow. In Ego do we sin, in Ego wash it off. In Ego we lose the distinctions of caste and kind. In Ego we are wise; in Ego are we unwise. Do we not know the Essence of Deliverance? In Ego is (one's involvement with) Maya; in Ego is one shadowed (by Doubt) In Ego is our birth upon birth. If one puts out the Ego within, one Realizes the Gate (of Deliverance). The nature of Ego is that we act in Ego. The bondage of Ego is that we are bound to the Round of reincarnation. How is Ego born? In which way is the release? Yea, this is the Lord's Will that, in Ego, one follows the Writ of habit. Ego is a chronic malady; but within it also is its remedy. If the Lord be in Grace, one practices the Word of the Guru (Asa Vaar, M. 1)
When one stills one's Ego, one destroys the sense of the Other(worldliness): The world is hard for the Egocentric, for, he is Unwise. (But) when one practices the Word, one eats up the Uneatable. One should See the Lord within and without, And the (inner) fire is quenched through the Guru's Will (Ramkali M. 1, Shlok M. 1)
The Egocentrics are filled with Cravings and within their minds are a myriad hopes of all kinds: Accursed are they who do not lean on the Lord's Name: they, the self-willed beings, are wasted away like waste.
I am gripped by the chronic disease of ego. The utterance of the Lord's Name and the Lord's Praise, is the only cure which I apply by the Guru's Grace. (Basant M. 1, Dutukas)
The poor abide in peace, for they shed their ego. Nanak says: The high and the mighty have been wasted by away their pride.