Egocentric Quotes

39 quotes by 37 authors

One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric. — Evelyn Waugh
Of course I believe in aliens. I think it's very egocentric to think that there's nothing else with intelligence in the whole universe. — Lizzie Brochere
It is my considered opinion that the human race (soi disant) is cruel, idiotic, sentimental, predatory, ungrateful, ugly, conceited and egocentric to the last ditch… — Noel Coward
People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments… — Bob Newhart
The Old Testament is a chronicle of horrors, describing an egocentric collection of supernatural beings who were always doing rotten things to gentle souls like… — John A. Keel
In other words, the real problem is not exterior. The real problem is interior. The real problem is how to get people to internally transform,… — Ken Wilber
In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric. — Maya Angelou
What passes for education, culture or maturity in most minds is merely how individuals want to think of themselves, a contrived egocentric self-concept, not actual… — Kenny Smith
An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding… — Carl Jung
...we cannot simply recommend love and compassion per se, for those unfold from egocentric to ethnocentric to worldcentric, and do we really want an increase… — Ken Wilber
Egocentric: A person who has his I's too close together. — Evan Esar
Perhaps the single most powerful event facing humanity today is a great awakening on a planetary scale that has been millennia in the making. We… — Ashok Gangadean
If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming Egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid. — Pope Francis
Our culture difinitely takes an egocentric dominator view. The fear of the psychedelic experience is quite literally the fear of losing control. Dominator types today… — Terence McKenna
The pro-psychedelic plant position is clearly an antidrugs position. Drug dependencies are the result of habitual, unexamined, and obsessive behavior; these are precisely the tendencies… — Terence McKenna
Can a selfish egocentric jealous and unimaginative female write a damn thing worthwhile? — Sylvia Plath
The moment we use the term 'help', a kind of egocentric idea enters into us. If we help someone, that means we are in a… — Sri Chinmoy
Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in… — Michael Eisner
Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without… — Robert A. Heinlein
The same powerful Scripture text that brings a loving person to even greater love will be mangled and misused by a fearful or egocentric person.… — Richard Rohr

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