Quotes About Egoism

The only thing we're concerned about is what's right for us. We got our own definition of "right.

The ultimate truth is that nirvana is not infinitely distant but infinitely near, reaching gracefully toward us, as it were, and being the ground on which we already stand if we but knew this. Only the blinders of egoism hide this truth from us.

All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn that some forms of gratification must be deferred and others denied.

Selfishness is a giant in destruction of relationships.

There is one thing, he said, that you can trust everybody to do and that is to put his interest above yours.

We often think things are about us when they are not.

Tot ce-i la mod? mi-a repugnat întodeauna.Probabil c? suf?r de ceea ce am numit egoism artistic,în privinÅ£a artei vreau totul numai pt mine,vreau s?-l am singur pe Schopenhauer al meu,pe Pascal al meu,pe Novalis al meu ÅŸi pe mult iubitul meu Gogol,vreau s? posed numai eu singur aceste produse de art?,aceste agresiuni artistice geniale,vreau s?-i am eu singur pe Michelangelo,Renoir,Goya.

Remember that the best and greatest among mankind are those who do themselves no worldly good. Every successful man is more or less a selfish man. The devoted fail...

It's terrible to live believing that everything you do is of the utmost importance.

Mass psychology is egoism raised to an inconceivable power, for its goal is immanent and not transcendent.

But in the second case the subject is and remains the centre of every interest.

Ech man for hymself.

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

Your ego would survive an apocalypse." "Thank you." "It wasn't a compliment." "It was to me.

A un certo grado di tragico orrore, lo spirito umano, saturo, reagisce con l'indifferenza e l'egoismo

I only care about me and about why I don't care about anybody else.

We are very self-centered: the rest of the universe exists only to consume our wines and produce soccer teams we can beat.

The Trumps have spent exactly zero percent of their lives caring about anyone other than themselves.

No man is more cheated than the selfish man.

All masters want to appear more brilliant than other people.

Only the strong can live alone, the strong and the selfish.

Lydia was the kind of friend whom people referred to as a 'party favor' -- always fun to be around but she doesn't have any patience for suffering unless it's her own.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

The ego is a fascinating monster.