Quotes About Self-absorption

there is endless despair at the centre of every narcissistic self-portrait.

This is the study of the whole realm of Forms, working out in full detail all the relationships in which the various ones of them stand to one another. So the rise to full life, in our self-absorption into our intellectual origins and natures, is itself an exercise of philosophy, of philosophy at its essential core of active knowledge of Forms.

But the tacit undercurrent of her argument, as I felt it, was that Gallop's maternity had rotted her mind—besotted it with the narcissism that makes one think that an utterly ordinary experience shared by countless others is somehow unique, or uniquely interesting.

The so-called sensitivity of neurotics develops along with their egotism; they cannot bear for other people to flaunt the sufferings with which they are increasingly preoccupied themselves.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

Stop being self-absorbed, get out of your cocoon, and search for a purpose that will add meaning and excitement in your life.

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Vain people can't focus beyond the reflection of themselves in a vanity.

I brought a mirror to Lovers' Lane. I told everybody I'm Narcissus.

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

They looked shallow, self-absorbed. And a small, strangled part of me envied them.

To those of you who are depressed, I would like to say: How did you fall into depression? Why are you still in that condition? You yourself know the answer. Right. Because you can think of nothing but yourself, and you direct all the energy you have toward yourself.

God cares only for what is his, busies himself with only himself, thinks only of himself, and has only himself before his eyes...He serves no higher person, and satisfies only himself. His cause is--A purely egoistic cause.

Obviously I have this strange animal magnetism. It's very hard to take my eyes off myself.

Trump's need for constant affirmation and his almost complete inability to talk about anything but himself.

We learned to be discreet. It helped that nobody really cares about anyone but themselves anyway.

Narcissists, however, are similar to a spider that has built a web for its prey to bring itself.

Observe well how the word 'narcissism' is often used into marriages. The victims are often those who have separated with their significant other, rather than being on good terms with them. Therefore, we must dig deeper to the core of the word and discover its true meaning. In return, we will get a glimpse of our mentality and the main attributes that drive us to label each other with that conflicted word.

The trouble with my generation is that we all think we're fucking geniuses. Making something isn't good enough for us, and neither is selling something, or teaching something, or even just doing something; we have to be something.

People can certainly be beastly about the things that affect them least, can't they?

Your parent is not open to your thoughts, feelings, and ideas; does not relate to or care about your feelings; does not feel a need to change anything about himself; and can become enraged that you think that he is less than perfect. You cannot win, or even make any inroads into your parent's self-absorption.

The paradox is that no love can prove so intense as the love of two narcissists for each other.