Narcissism is the intrinsic mental plague that keeps…

Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone…

— Donella Meadows

The whole narcissism and echo syndrome is usually the result of early childhood training. Those are very hard habits for anyone to break.

— Merrill Markoe

I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it... It is unrequited self-love.

— Emily Levine

“Narcissism: It's Primal. No Productive Control of Energy: Seeks constant fresh sources of stimulation and is highly energized running from human-object to human-object, activity…

— Lynna Kivela

For me narcissism is not about money. For me, narcissism is something so romantic and something so human. Everybody is a narcissist. Some people…

— Nir Hod

“Narcissists only play for their own business, whereas Distortionists play with other’s business only to gain personal advantage. If you are both, then you…

— Ashish Patel

Narcissism is a psychological term that encompasses self-love, self-absorption and self-centeredness. This is even referred to as a mental disorder where one engages in…

— Pacifiersucker

“The pain of the narcissist is that, to him, everything is really a threat. What doesn't surrender in reverence is blasphemous to a high…

— Criss Jami

“Counterintuitively, self-hatred is one of the leading symptoms of clinical narcissism. Only by telling yourself and the world how much you hate yourself can…

— Stephen Fry

“When we meet and fall into the gravitational pull of a narcissist, we are entering a significant life lesson that involves learning how to…

— Mateo Sol

“People with NPD have a strong need, in every area of their life, to be treated as if they’re special. To those with NPD,…

— Bandy X Lee

“There came a time in my life when I had to admit to myself that I have some very clear narcissistic tendencies. Ironically, it…

— Beverly Engel

Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.

— Mason Cooley

Narcissism is not about self love. It's a clinical trait that belies a deep sense of emptiness, low self-esteem, emotional detachment, self-loathing, extreme problems…

— Drew Pinsky

Narcissism and Christianity have little in common, yet the Romantic paradigm of artistic creativity, particularly in light of subsequent Freudian ideas, has tended to…

— John Walford