LOVE of others is the appreciation of one's self.
MAY your egotism be so gigantic that you comprise mankind in your self-sympathy.
Tags: love compassion empathy self self-respect sympathy ego others egotism
Man was matter, that was Snowden's secret. Drop him out a window, and he'll fall. Set fire to him and he'll burn. Bury him and he'll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage. That was Snowden's secret. Ripeness was all.
Joseph HellerIf there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
Douglas AdamsTags: egotism zaphod-beeblebrox
Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.
Graham GreeneTags: happiness evil ignorance egotism
Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
Ambrose BierceTags: humor sarcasm taste egotism
There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
Samuel JohnsonTags: society economics consumerism selfishness greed materialism egotism luxury
Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an instrument of annihilating egoism.
Paul BruntonTags: inspirational suffering sin ego egotism
People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.
Mary MacLaneTags: individuality egotism
Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.
Bobbe SommerTags: success happiness unique opinion modesty egotism regard self-destruction precondition sef
Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it was emptiness that made the music.
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