Quotes about Narcissism
The natural life in each of us is something self-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe.
— CS Lewis
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
— Mae West
The age of the Internet, it is said, is the age of the self and the selfie. The world is full of people full of themselves. In such an age, "I post, therefore I am.
— Os Guinness
The greatest idol I will never truly remove is self.
— Pastor James Wilson
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
— 2 Timothy 3:2
For a moment sitting there above the city, i imagined life outside of narcissism. I wondered how beautiful it might be to think of others as more important than myself. I wondered how peaceful it might be not to be pestered by that childish voice that wants for pleasure and attention. I wondered how it would be like not to live in a house of mirrors, everywhere i go being reminded of myself.
— Donald Miller
The monks approach was far less narcissistic and our tends to be. Their goal when reading Scripture was to see Christ in every verse, and not a mirror image of themselves.
— Donald Miller
It is a form of generational narcissism to change texts to suit one's own needs.
— Luke Timothy Johnson
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
— Mae West
If you want to be your own god, you have to settle for living in a tiny universe where there is room for only one person.
— John Ortberg
Men who refuse to worship the true God now worship themselves with tender devotion.
— AW Tozer
My mother was a terrible narcissist and I could well have turned out like her.
— Lady Colin Campbell