Egotism Quote by Marcel Proust

“The alleged 'sensitivity' of neurotic people is matched by their egotism; they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they…

— Proust Marcel

The sensitiveness claimed by neurotic is matched by their egotism: they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they pay…

— Marcel Proust

“We are a package deal, however. Our trait of sensitivity means we will also be cautious, inward, needing extra time alone. Because people without…

— Elaine N. Aron

All neurotic symptoms have as their object the task of safeguarding the patient's self-esteem and thereby also the lifeline into which he has grown.

— Alfred Adler

“Every single human being is neurologically predisposed to be biased in various walks of life. It is biologically impossible to be absolutely free from…

— Abhijit Naskar

A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed…

— Cyril Connolly

Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities.

— Muriel Spark

“The weakling and the neurotic attached to his neurosis are not anxious to turn such a powerful searchlight upon the dark corners of their…

— Sigmund Freud

Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.

— Mignon McLaughlin

The ego will endure the worst agonies of neurotic misery rather than consent to one minute of diminishment of its sense of importance.

— Helen M. Luke

“I have enough trouble living with my own neurosis without coping with other people’s.”

— P.D. James

“The distinction between diseases of "brain" and "mind," between "neurological" problems and "psychological" or "psychiatric" ones, is an unfortunate cultural inheritance that permeates society…

— António R. Damásio