16 quotes found
“Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.”
“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.”
“Were so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breakswere involved in trillions of little acts...”
“Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every macrocosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and millions of individuals.”
“Self-deception and vanity are grievous sin. The ego is the cause of all human suffering. We suffer from life only when we fail to examine the cause of our sorrow. Letting go of destructive illusion...”
“Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism.”
“People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.”
“Social Media is a shared delusion of grandeur.”
“Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after allself-centeredness in its purest form.”
“Selfishness creates greed and greed destroys the soul.”
“The problem is hedonism. The problem is the preening vanity and selfishness of 'coming out,' of parading private inclinations, of a kind that repel normal people, as if those inclinations were, all...”
“The reason why lovers are never wary of one another is this - they are always talking of themselves.”
“Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of yourself.”
“Nothing is more to me than myself.”
“We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaks—we’re involved in trillions of little a...”
“Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form.”
