“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… — Bobbe Sommer Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“Throughout their friendship Deronda had been used to Hans' egotism, but he had never before felt intolerant of it: when Hans, habitually… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
We care about equality and democracy within the band and outside the band. For us life is about cooperation and solidarity, not… — G.W. Sok Copy Share Image
The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People who are drowning in a sea of problems and have lost all sense of self-worth often grasp at egotism and alienation… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
Here's what I do believe very strongly: that once capitalism comes into existence, once it creates this mythology of a stingy nature,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
There is perhaps no sort of self more subject to dangerous egotism than that which deludes itself with the notion that it… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
“Next she lost her belief in the sincerity of those about her. She secretly refused to believe that anyone (herself excepted) loved… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“I've spent my entire life trying to find those who could guide me and help me. I then wrote books based on… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
To one degree or another, everybody is connected to the Mystery, and everybody secretly yearns to expand the connection. That requires expanding… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie. — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
“It is not our fame or wealth that puts us in danger; it is our arrogance and egotism” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
My face on every coin engraved, the anarchists are all enslaved. My flag is forever waved, by the grateful people I have… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
“Your ego is a scary beast. It should have its own name. We could call it something frightening like Darth Yummy.” — Nichole Chase Copy Share Image
The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism. — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
When I tried to do a search for marital advise on Google, it tried to finish my sentence for me, just like… — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
Opinions scattered indiscriminately about leave the mark of egotism. — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The heart is the most arrogant and egoistic part of the body, it does not listen to the views of mind, even… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[About Jews] Sheer egotism compels us to the purest love of mankind as a whole… Our hearts are like a sponge, receptive… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
As soon as we find ourselves working at being indispensable, rigging up a pattern of vulnerability in our loved ones, we know… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Amidst cruelty arrogance has its role, but you gotta tread with extreme caution. Arrogance laid on the wrong person is an appalling… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
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