Quotes about Egoism

No man is much pleased with a companion who does not increase in some respect his fondness of himself.

The greatest idol I will never truly remove is self.

Man is primarily a spiritual being, and as such, is of the nature and substance of the Eternal Spirit, the Unchangeable Reality, which men call God. Goodness, not sin, is his rightful condition; perfection, not imperfection, is his heritage, and this a man may enter into and realize now if he will grant the condition, which is the denial or abandonment of self, that is, of his feverish desires, his proud will, his egotism and self-seeking — all that which St. Paul calls the natural man.

I say that man is entitled to his own happiness and that he must achieve it himself. But that he cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy.

He was a cynic and like most cynics, totally selfish and self-indulgent.

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.

No man is more cheated than the selfish man.

What would happen to the world without those who do, think, work, produce? Those are the egotists. You don't think through another's brain and you don't work through another's hands. When you suspend your faculty of independent judgment, you suspend consciousness. To stop consciousness is to stop life.

We wish to be damned with you, rather than blessed with all our brothers. Do

In short, selfishness is the opposite of love.

Materialism and self-centeredness are the great vices of our age.

self-interest is not the same as selfishness.