The self-willed manmukhs are polluted. They are filled with the pollution of egotism, wickedness and desire. Without the Shabad, this pollution is not washed off; through the cycle of death and rebirth, they waste away in misery. (Guru Granth Sahib, 29)

When the Name of God dwells within the mind; egotism and anger are wiped away. Meditating on the Naam with a pure mind, the Door of Salvation is found. (Guru Granth Sahib, 33)

One who eliminates mental wickedness from within the mind, and casts out emotional attachment and egotistical pride, comes to recognize the All-pervading Soul, and is intuitively absorbed into the Naam. (Guru Granth Sahib, 38)

The world is drunk, engrossed in lust, anger and egotism. Seek the Sanctuary of the Saints, and fall at their feet; your suffering and darkness shall be removed. (Guru Granth Sahib, 51)

Night and day, performing devotional worship, day and night, ego and emotional attachment are removed. And then, attuned to Him, we become like Him, truly absorbed in the True One. (Guru Granth Sahib, 65)

The self-willed manmukh does deeds in egotism; he earns only pain and more pain. Nanak says, the filthy ones become clean only when they meet and surrender to the True Guru. (Guru Granth Sahib, 87)

When the body is filled with ego and selfishness, the cycle of birth and death does not end. (Guru Granth Sahib, 126)

Acting in egotism, the Lord is not known, even by wearing religious robes. Rare are gurmukhs, who surrenders his mind in devotional worship. By actions done in egotism, selfishness and conceit, the True Lord cannot be found. But when egotism departs, then supreme status is obtained. The kings act in egotism, and undertake all sorts of expeditions. But through their egotism, they are ruined; they die, only to be reborn over and over again. Egotism is overcome only by contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad. One who restrains his fickle mind subdues the five evils. (Guru Granth Sahib, 226)

Acting in egotism, selfishness and conceit, the foolish, ignorant, faithless cynic wastes his life. Nanak says, He dies in agony, like one dying of thirst; this is because of the deeds he has done. (Guru Granth Sahib, 260)

Engrossed in sexual desire, anger and egotism, he wanders around insane. When the Messenger of Death hits him on the head with his club, then he regrets and repents. (Guru Granth Sahib, 707)

Singing the Guru's Hymns, I have obtained the supreme status; meeting with the Saints, I am blessed and adorned. Anger and attachment have left my body; hypocrisy and doubts are eradicated. The pain of egotism is gone, and I have found peace; my body has become healthy and free of disease. By Guru's Grace, O Nanak, I have realized God, the ocean of virtue. (Guru Granth Sahib, 773)

Lust, anger, egotism, jealousy and desire are eliminated by chanting the Name of the Lord. (Guru Granth Sahib, 1388)