Egoism Quotes

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I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither… — Albert Einstein
In the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone acts as the civilizing factor in the sense that it brings… — Sigmund Freud
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you… — Al-Ghazali
It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces… — Albert Einstein
The season of love is the carnival of egoism and it brings a touchstone to our natures. — George Meredith
In magnanimity there is the same amount of egoism as in revenge, but egoism of a different quality. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism. — John Diefenbaker
Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness… — Marquis de Sade
But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance. — Stephen Mitchell
Without the help of selfishness, the human animal would never have developed. Egoism is the vine by which man hoisted himself out of the swamp… — Blaise Cendrars
The web of hypocrisy of today hangs on the frontiers of two domains, between which our time swings back and forth, attaching its fine threads… — Max Stirner
Where the world comes in my way - and it comes in my way everywhere - I consume it to quiet the hunger of my… — Max Stirner
Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles and shames our… — Herbert Hoover
Man is born an asocial and antisocial being. The newborn child is a savage. Egoism is his nature. Only the experience of life and the… — Ludwig von Mises
I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes… — Ayn Rand
The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it. — Max Beerbohm
I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a… — Georges Bizet
Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust of humanity. — George Orwell
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism. — John Buchanan Robinson
But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist… — John Buchanan Robinson

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