Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“She'll be an excellent novelist: a monster of self-absorption.” — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption . — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
When evangelizers rise from prayer, their hearts are more open; freed of self-absorption, they are desirous of doing good and sharing their… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You'll continue to be a bitch no matter what, but I'm glad you aren't a callous, self-absorbed one. — Genna Rulon Copy Share Image
“Your dissatisfaction with yourself speaks of a self-absorption, a vanity, which always gets in the way of your truly coming to rejoice… — Matias Dalsgaard Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything. — John Hope Bryant Copy Share Image
Acting requires absorption, but not self-absorption and, in the actor's mind, the question must always be 'Why am I doing this?,' not… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Happiness lies outside yourself, is achieved through interacting with others. Self-forgetfulness should be one's goal, not self-absorption. The male, capable of only… — Valerie Solanas Copy Share Image
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and… — Kevin Malarkey Copy Share Image
The man who suffers from a sense of sin is suffering from a particular kind of self-love. In all this vast universe… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I admire self-awareness more than probably any other quality, and I think in terms of what qualities are "good" in a person,… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
During adolescence imagination is boundless. The urge toward self-perfection is at its peak. And with all their self- absorption and personalized dreams… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“You see, I think that you feel so sorry for yourself all the time, that you assume everyone else does too. And… — Jo Platt Copy Share Image
To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly - the thought of the world's concern at her situation… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Ours has been called a culture of narcissism. The label is apt but can be misleading. It reads colloquially as selfishness and… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Self-absorption is always a temptation to young people, and if their religion is of a sort to add to this self-absorption, I… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
“She was sick of all the affect, the self-absorption, the constant preoccupation with themselves and their children. No one she knew had… — Alexa Steele Copy Share Image
Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
“I am talking about self absorbtion. If you think about it, the human race is pretty self absorbed. Racism might be the… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
A new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God's gift of life is welcomed, respected… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“The fragmentation of our awareness may trigger dizzying vertigo in the chaos of our living. As such, an overwhelming flurry of connectivity… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
There was one of his lonelinesses coming, one of those times when he walked the streets or sat, aimless and depressed, biting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Do not watch yourself too closely. Do not draw over-rapid conclusions from what is happening to you. Simply let it happen. Otherwise… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Witnessing the panoply of beauty in all of nature takes us out of our shell of self-absorption and makes us realize that… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We can put it this way: the man who has faith is the man who is no longer looking at himself and… — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
At times ... one is downright thankful for the self-absorption of other people. — Gail Godwin Copy Share Image
“self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion.” — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“All dharma teachings agree on one point—lessening one’s self-absorption” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
