“Self-centeredness is the basis for all sorts of immoral behavior as well as all the sorrows of humanity.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“If it’s about me, I can be assured that there will be a bunch of empty chairs in the auditorium of my… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness. — Bernice King Copy Share Image
Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Self-centeredness brings misery,A proud heart bring much pain; But those with true humility Have lasting peace to gain. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's really hard to truly want people who you hate to have the right to say whatever they want. And we all… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“To be wrecked begins with an experience that pulls you out of your comfort zone and self-centeredness, whether you want it or… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
In my poems though, as you say, the comic arrived fairly late. This doubtless has something to do with growing older. A… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
I think that may be the biggest difference between Americans and people elsewhere. Unlike Americans, Canadians know that there are places just… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Nationalism is a form of cultural self-centeredness, and as a collective thought-form, can only exist because the dominant in-group is itself comprised… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
It matters, it matters very much, what each of us chooses to do. The journey toward self-discovery and self-knowledge is not only… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
We are unlikely to cease making gods or inventing ceremonies to please them for as long as we are afraid of death,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“A faithful servant may be wiser than the master, and yet retain the true spirit and posture of the servant. The humble… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
There must be love, and understanding, to betray. Most men haven't the wit or the honor for betrayal: not to know it… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the nourishment of… — William Temple Copy Share Image
Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
Immensity is always there, but we so often become numb to it, or deceive ourselves into thinking our own lives and selves… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“In this world, all qualities spring from preferring the wellbeing of others to our own, whereas frustrations, confusion, and pain result from… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Adolescents, for all their self-involvement, are emerging from the self-centeredness of childhood. Their perception of other people has more depth. They are… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
To be politically activated is to dare to care about the happiness of others and that is just about the most important… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
The whole story of the Father's Christ-exalting plan of redeeming love, from eternity to eternity, must be told, or the radical reorientation… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
One way to overcome our natural self-centeredness is to try to see things from other people's perspectives. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Loving is the only sure road out of darkness, the only serum known that cures self-centeredness — Rod McKuen Copy Share Image
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“We must acquire honesty, humility, appreciation, and kill self-centeredness to keep sober.” — Ed Webster Copy Share Image
“The most self-absorbed people display an ironic pension for the smallest minds and the largest mouths.” — Aaron W. Matthews Copy Share Image
“Decrease the complaining. Decrease the self-centeredness around it. Everybody has pain. ” — Tai Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Conversely, every act done without thought for myself diminishes my self-centeredness until finally no barrier remains to separate me from the Divine.” — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Self-pity is one of the most dangerous forms of self-centeredness. It fogs our vision. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The essence of sin is a shift from God centeredness to a self-centeredness. The essence of salvation is a denial of self,… — Henry Blackaby Copy Share Image
Trying to observe the slow shift from self-centeredness to empathy is like trying to watch grass grow. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“The most capricious modern entitlement is not just Social Security but to self-esteem.” — George will Copy Share Image
Immaturity means self-centeredness, inability to compromise, to rise above hurt feelings, to postpone immediate pleasures in favor of future benefits, or to… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
“As we observe the way our minds and bodies react to pleasure and pain, we begin to clearly understand how ultimately impersonal… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
Insecure leaders think everything is about them, and as a result, every action, every piece of information, every decision is put through… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I think we've become a TV culture, where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
