Egotism Quotes - Page 8

• The source of our actions resides in an unconscious propensity to regard ourselves as the center, the cause, and the conclusion of time. Our reflexes and our pride transform into a planet the parcel of flesh and consciousness we are.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Pride, Ego, Flesh

  Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books

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• Christian piety annihilates the egoism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it.

  Blaise Pascal

  Christian, Heart, Veils

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• Hamlet is egotism as it appears to itself, and Don Quixote is egotism as it appears to the detached observer.

  Hugh Kingsmill

  Observers, Detached

  Hugh Kingsmill (1949). “The progress of a biographer”

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• Egotism is such a terrible disease, in the love of duality, they do their deeds.

  Guru Gobind Singh

  Deeds, Disease, Terrible

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• With adolescent egotism and a lot of money one can pretty much rule the world.

  Glen Duncan

  World, Youth, Lots Of Money

  Glen Duncan (2007). “I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story”, p.133, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I use to live in a room full of mirrors, all I could see was me.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Mirrors, Use, Rooms

  Song: Room Full Of Mirrors

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• If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.

  Tennessee Ernie Ford

  Men, Steps, Died

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• Stand still, close your eyes and listen; in the silence you can hear the cries of pain and low moans of anguish of animals waiting to die... do everything you can even if today it is just one small thing. There are no excuses for inaction, despair, egotism, or petulance that matter to the animals.

  Ashley Montagu

  Pain, Eye, Animal

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• I thought that he was righteous, but he's vain. Oh, somethings a telling me I wear the ball and chain.

  Bob Dylan

  Balls, Vain, Chains

  Song: Abandoned Love, Album: Biograph

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• Have I been blind, have I been lost, inside myself and my own mind?

  Natalie Merchant

  Mind, Blind, Lost

  Song: Carnival

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• I like to make them wait, then I make them beg. And when I take off my clothes, then I form a third leg.

  Big Daddy Kane

  Clothes, Waiting, Legs

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• Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the faintest shadow of Ahamkâra (egotism). All of you should try to root out this devil from your heart. Complete self-surrender is the only way to spiritual illumination.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Spiritual, Heart, Self

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• 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.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ideas, Ego, Energy

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2790, Manonmani Publishers

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• There is no good in store so long as malice and jealousy and egotism will prevail.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Long, Ego, Stores

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.135, Vivekananda Kendra

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• The mind in its foolishness thinks that it is working in this body. Why should I be bound by one system of nerves, and put the Ego only in one body, if the mind is omnipresent? There is no reason why I should.[Source]
  The root of that degeneration is egotism - to think that one is just as great as any other, indeed!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Thinking, Roots, Ego

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• I'm ambidextrous, I slap ass with both hands.

  Ludacris

  Hands, Ass, Ambidextrous

  Song: Cry Babies, Album: Word of Mouf

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• He's better than the rest, and his arm sweat smells the best.

  Ray Davies

  Sweat, Smell, Arms

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• It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ego, Feelings, Gains

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3431, Manonmani Publishers

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• Oh lord, it's hard to be humble when your perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, cause I get better looking each day.

  Mac Davis

  Humble, Mirrors, Perfect

  Song: It's Hard To Be Humble

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• Sometimes a fog will settle over a vessel's deck and yet leave the topmast clear. Then a sailor goes up aloft and gets a lookout which the helmsman on deck cannot get. So prayer sends the soul aloft; lifts it above the clouds in which our selfishness and egotism befog us, and gives us a chance to see which way to steer.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Motivation, Inspiration

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• Yo, I'm the illest. Plus I know more different strokes than Arnold and Willis.

  Big Daddy Kane

  Different, Plus, Strokes

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• The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.

  Christina Stead

  Art, Intelligent, Men

  Christina Stead (2012). “House of All Nations”, p.126, Open Road Media

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• When I walk the streets, kings and queens step aside, every woman I meet, they all stay satisfied.

  George Thorogood

  Kings, Queens, Steps

  Song: Bad to the Bone

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• My face on every coin engraved, the anarchists are all enslaved. My flag is forever waved, by the grateful people I have saved.

  Don McLean

  Grateful, People, Forever

  Don McLean (2008). “The Legendary Songs of Don McLean (Songbook)”, p.82, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• We care about equality and democracy within the band and outside the band. For us life is about cooperation and solidarity, not about egotism, greed, or competition. This means that we prefer to work with people and bands that have a similar sort of mentality and attitude.

  G.W. Sok

  Attitude, Mean, People

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