Conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.
Opinions scattered indiscriminately about leave the mark of egotism.
Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood. It's gross ignorance and egotism.
The human race will disappear. Other races will appear and disappear in turn. The sky will become icy and void, pierced by the feeble light of half-dead stars. Which will also disappear. Everything will disappear. And what human beings do is just as free of sense as the free motion of elementary particles. Good, evil, morality, feelings? Pure 'Victorian fictions'. Only egotism exists.
Ego: The only thing that can keep growing without nourishment.
I have much more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the world-wide philanthropy which begins at the outside of our horizon to converge into egotism.
When I hold you, you will be the Duchess of Earl.
All is egotism. The only people whose mainspring is not egotism are the dead and perhaps idiots.
IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies. . . Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows.
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.
Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work, in the fullness of strength! As to the rest, the Lord will point out the way.
Although I cannot believe that the individual survives the death of his body, feeble souls harbor such thought through fear or ridiculous egotism.
It is never permissible to say, I say.
Egotism is more like an offense, than a crime; though it is allowable to speak of yourself, provided nothing is advanced in favor; but I cannot help suspecting that those who abuse themselves are, in reality, angling for approbation.
Unilateralism is not internationalism, It is nationalist egotism gone mad.
So many catastrophes in love are only accidents of egotism.
God will grovel before me, God will crawl at my feet.
Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.
Politics and religious leaders [are hindered] by their egotism.