Egocentrism Quotes

“The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the lower part of self, before there can be a birth to the nobler.”

“Reflection is nothing more than what it sounds, and pondering one’s own life is about as productive as talking to one’s image in a mirror: both acts are egocentric and neither produces a dialog. People who talk to themselves in public are not self-actualized; they're crazy.”

“I actually feel quite self-indulgent at the moment, telling you all about me, me, me.(...) On the other hand, you're a human -you should understand self obsession.”

“To declare myself as a genius immediately evidences that I am not.”

“It is always dangerous to declare a turning point in history. We always tend to feel that, when we are alive, something really major is happening.”

“I feel so trapped, by my ego.”

“Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.”

“The sad reality of Mankind: Faith is the currency people trade in, through their ego and selfish ways.”

“If I assume the ‘truth’ to be negotiable based on whether or not it serves my agenda, then my agenda has become my ‘truth.’ And the ‘truth’ of the matter is, when I do this I’ve chosen to take a treacherous path through some very deep woods where neither path nor woods exist.”