Without making any moral judgements whatsoever, one can say that self-indulgence and excessive self-preoccupation are the antithesis of genuine awareness. — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
“I have too much free time. Free time makes people think; thinking makes people morbidly self-absorbed; and unless you are watertight and… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
“Excessive self-criticism is a bad habit and extraordinarily self-destructive. Don't be your own worst enemy!” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“the impulse toward excessive self sacrifice comes from women's history, not their nature. The reason self-sacrifice seems so natural for women in… — Stephanie Golden Copy Share Image
When I look back on the years of excessive self-doubt, I wonder how I was able to make my paintings. In part,… — Miriam Schapiro Copy Share Image
“The problem is that the inner critic is actually an indispensable element of any writer’s working life; it is the immune system,… — Patricia Costa Viglucci Copy Share Image
A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Depression—which often culminates in burnout—follows from overexcited, overdriven, excessive self-reference that has assumed destructive traits. The exhausted, depressive achievement-subject grinds itself down,… — Byung-Chul Han Copy Share Image
The cause of all the blunders committed by man arises from this excessive self-love. For the lover is blinded by the object… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Moreover, probably owing to excessive self-consciousness, perhaps as the result of the generally unfortunate cast of my personality, there existed between my… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
