The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one's self wise…

Again and again I find that my own inner counselor, my secret dreaming self, is not only wise and helpful but usually amusing as…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means pursuing our…

— Anonymous

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;'…

— Buddha

I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.

— Sophia Loren

“there is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to…

— Henry Fielding

Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them.

— Benjamin Franklin

There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

This man, who for twenty-five years has been reading and writing about art, and in all that time has never understood anything about art,…

— Anton Chekhov

Being carefree, you can fit in anywhere. If you’re not carefree you keep on bumping up against things. Your life becomes so narrow, so…

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats.

— Elvis Costello

Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

— James Dobson

Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness.

— Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart,…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends.  It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich