Narcissism Quote by José Ortega y Gasset

“The narcissist, cut off from her spirituality, is one who spends unquantifiable energy supporting and maintaining and utterly and completely fake self, in denial…

— Stacey Scott Mae

“Reality, the present, the irreparable, the necessary, repel and even terrify me. I have too much imagination, conscience, and penetration and not enough character.…

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

“The pain of the narcissist is that, to him, everything is really a threat. What doesn't surrender in reverence is blasphemous to a high…

— Criss Jami

“If you wish to know the state of a people, turn to its youth: here, nothing is disfigured yet, they express themselves in ways…

— Annemarie Schwarzenbach

“I detest that fatuity of mind which believes that what is explained is also excused; I hate that vanity which finds it interesting to…

— Benjamin Constant

“This narrative is the basis for the everyday narcissism that almost everyone shares. Why is this a form of narcissism? Because, as a result…

— Nancy Van Dyken

“The greater our own level of narcissism, the more we detest it in others.”

— Steve Maraboli

“A small amount of self-appreciation and narcissism is indispensable for us to live.”

— Fumio Sasaki

“You may remember that the narcissist essentially experiences and understands others as if they were an extension of his own self. He, therefore, feels…

— Eleanor Payson

“Narcissists are very retaliative if they believe another has achieved what they desire, exposed their insecurities, or refused to be under their control.”

— Lorraine Nilon

“The (narcissitic) rage may turn into, or be accompanied by, a cold hatred that gives her qualities of power, invincibility, and calculation. This hatred…

— A.H. Almaas

“a noble and active mind blunts itself against nothing so quickly as the sharp and bitter irritant of knowledge. And certain it is that…

— Thomas Mann