Quotes About Egoism

He who is infatuated with 'Man' leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook.

Man made is a bigger brand But Man is Big brand

Greed and selfishness do seem to be central motivators of mankind.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

Je to sice náÅ¡ velitel, ale není to v?dce. Scott je egoista.

I do not agree with the view that to be moral, the motive of one's action has to be benefiting others. Morality does not have to be defined in relation to others … People like me want to … satisfy our hearts to the full, and in doing so we automatically have the most valuable moral codes. Of course there are people and objects in the world, but they are all there only for me.

The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to understand that a silence that is not clamorous with vexation and worried self-regard can become part of the texture of your mind, can seep into you, moment by moment, and gradually change you.

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.

Men need to feel important. They feel better when they're with younger girls or unknown girls.

As I go about I see a lot of "coffin" men. They have room for themselves and nobody else.

Man cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy.

The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury of another.

Self-love is the love of a man's own self, and of everything else for his own sake. It makes people idolaters to themselves, and tyrants to all the world besides.

A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.

The greatest surprise of human evolution may be that the highest form of selfishness is selflessness.

But the bottom line is that, as humans, we are by nature selfish creatures. The only way we care about anything, really, is by making it about us.

Man is known to be a selfish, as well as a social being.

What is the nature of egoism? It spends away everything in its power!

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

This whole beautiful world will end for you the day you die, then why to bother for others, stay selfish stay happy.

My power is my property. My power gives me property. My power am I myself, and through it am I my property.

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Good-nature, or what is often considered as such, is the most selfish of all the virtues: it is nine times out of ten mere indolence of disposition.