#egotism

Mastery passes often for egotism. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#mastery #often #passes

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#dwelling #egotism #forget #may #remember

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. ↗

— George V. Higgins

#cannot #egotism #others #see #seeing

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism. ↗

— Gloria Naylor

#form #really #self-consciousness

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#egotism #men #struggle #men

One altar forever is preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,--ourselves, our god is great, and money is his Prophet! We devastate nature in order to make sacrifice to him; we boast that we have conquered Matter and forget that it is matter that has forever enslaved us. ↗

— Okakura Kakuzo

#egotism #vanity #money

People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis. ↗

— Mary MacLane

#individuality #mac

Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#ego #egotism #endorse #give #identity