Quotes About Egocentrism

to overcome the spiritual entropy of egocentrism by regaining a sense of wonder in the face of the "other" that is beyond ourselves.

There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter.

Considering themselves is what Narcissists do best. The trait they most conspicuously lack is concern for the needs, thoughts, and feelings of other people.

An imbecile is never bored: he contemplates himself.

Cuanto más nos liberemos del afán de poseer en todas sus formas, en especial de nuestro egocentrismo, menos poderoso será el miedo a la muerte, ya que no tendremos nada que perder.

Évszázadok telnek még el, mire egy amazon végre képes lesz fölfogni azt a tényt, hogy a férfi kizárólag a büszkeségében sebezhetÅ' meg, de ha ezt egyszer megrobbantják, törékeny lesz az egész ember, akár a tojás.

Oh, uomo! - mormorò d'Avrigny, - il più egoista di tutti gli animali, la più egocentrica di tutte le creature, che sempre crede che la terra giri, il sole splenda e la morte falci vite soltanto per lui, formica che maledice Dio dall'alto di un filo d'erba!

To conceive of a god in one's image is already quite a feat for inflated egos. To imagine, however, that this likeness has chosen your generation amongst the thousands for ending the party is to bring the egocentrism to new heights.

Somos egocéntricos por naturaleza. Nuestro mundo gira a nuestro alrededor. Ninguno de nosotros es altruista por completo.

When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business – that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time.

The real Machiavellian, like the infant, believes there is nothing bigger or more important than him or herself. To succeed, you will need to achieve that view, to return to the liberating egocentrism of the selfish, amoral child who wants what he wants and permits nothing to get in its way.

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles.

In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric. He must believe that for his ends to be served all things and people can justifiably be shifted about, or that he is the center not only of his own world but of the worlds which others inhabit.

In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.

Según él, las almas ególatras como la de ella son incomprendidas e incluso odiadas por los fundamentalistas de la normalidad, que carecen de la fortaleza espiritual necesaria para poner en práctica el feroz narcisismo que deben poseer los humanos intelectualmente superiores.

It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs.

When you're dealing with the age of Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram, then everything becomes very selfish and cynical.

typical teenage narcissism

Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment.

To me, personally, an ideal society would be a world where only I and those I care for exist.

The auto-erotism of artists resembles that of illegitimate or neglected children who from their tenderest years must protect themselves from the destructive influence of people who have no love to give them—who develop bad qualities for that very purpose and later maintain an invincible egocentrism by remaining all their lives infantile and helpless or by actively offending against the moral code or the law.

En cierto modo —dijo— diría que hoy es más fácil desaparecer. Con la sociedad cada vez más heterogénea, con individuos cada vez más egocéntricos, ¿a quién puede importarle que una persona más, una menos, se escurra sin ruido a través de los movimientos mecánicos de una mínima participación social?

During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions.

There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter.