Egocentric Quotes
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“Stay away from lazy parasites, who perch on you just to satisfy their needs, they do not come to alleviate your burdens, hence, their mission is to distract, detract and extract, and make you live in abject poverty.”
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“I spend my life constantly calling in ‘imaginary’ debts that aren’t owed to me in order to avoid the ‘real’ debts that I owe to others, and so everybody ends up bankrupt.”
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“The moral climate of pathological self-absorption – hedonistic egotism – defines contemporary society.”
― Dead Toad Scrolls
― Dead Toad Scrolls
“Ego is borne of the need to ‘prove’ oneself instead of making the choice to ‘be’ oneself. And so maybe we need to begin curbing the birthrate.”
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“For someone as amazing as you, attention is like food, and you’re always hungry.”
― How to Cure Yourself of Narcissism
― How to Cure Yourself of Narcissism
“There was a man who was so confident in himself, that he was completely blind to his partner's needs and wants. He believed he was perfect for this person, but he was not. If only he knew perfection does not exist. And this is what really turned his partner away from him.
The End.”
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“If I really think that I’m the greatest thing since sliced bread, it’s probably because I’ve never eaten the sandwich.”
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“Americans are experiencing an epidemic in narcissistic behavior in a culture that is intrinsically self-conscious and selfish, and citizens are encouraged to pursue happiness and instant gratification of their personal desires.”
― Dead Toad Scrolls
― Dead Toad Scrolls
“Life is paradoxical, but it is enough for me. Ridiculous conflicts and inconsistencies admittedly congeal into what I term the self. Personal growth commences by honing in on the troubling personal issues. I am my only enemy. A radiant soul strives for self-enrichment by passionately pursuing the serious tasks and delights of living including expressing empathy for other people. I will explore the world and attempt to eliminate the perversions of my own egocentric being.”
― Dead Toad Scrolls
― Dead Toad Scrolls
“Love makes it all ‘not about me.’ And after having spent the whole of my existence making it ‘about me,’ that’s an ‘about-face’ that’s about as difficult as it can get.”
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“If I am both actor and audience, I probably made the play about myself. And if I did, it’s going to have a very short run.”
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“I hate guys like that, people like that. It’s all about what they want. The attempts to repair are only for their own needs. It’s got nothing to do with love.”
― Let Love Rule
― Let Love Rule
“American society places tremendous importance upon egocentric behavior. Americans are encouraged to set ourselves apart from the group. Whereas in some societies it is an aberration to go against the whole, Americans celebrate the individual over the group. Public schools teach American grade school children that they are the captains of their destiny. American schools and society inculcate schoolchildren to measure their level of success in terms of individual accomplishments. A winner versus loser mentality prevails in American culture. Winners are the recipients of life’s economic awards. We are taught that possessing financial wherewithal will assist us attain exalted social status. Social status in turn allows select people to wield the power of influence. The silent audience consists of the economically deprived, the societal castaways whom we are taught to shun for lacking the temperament to succeed. A strong sense of self not only helps a person survive, but American society keeps score of a person’s economic victories and defeats. Americans measure the intrinsic value of our lives and recognize other people’s status principally in terms of each person’s relative economic resources.”
― Dead Toad Scrolls
― Dead Toad Scrolls
“Every breath breathes egocentric. It is nature; everyone lives with the dressing of that in any shape.”
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“Your EGO feeds on the volume of the mental clutter, the greater the intensity the more crystallized is your EGO. Man dominates and exherts his mental superiority over others. Be Aware! Stop Mental Clutter, Kill EGO, Be YOU!” ”
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“Every breath breathes egocentric; it is nature; everyone lives with the dressing of that in any shape.”
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“Death is rendered tragic when it finds us having expended ourselves in the endeavor of having lived for ourselves. For when it finds us at the end of such a life as this, it finds us in the company of no one other than ourselves. And that alone may be worse than death itself.”
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“Being our own god grants us the terrifying illusion that we possess sufficient power to bring the world around us to its knees, when in fact it will only serve to bring us to our grave. And sadly, the cemeteries seem quite full these days.”
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“Maybe we need learn that to ‘leave well enough alone’ is to ‘leave’ a situation ‘well’ because we ‘kept our hands to ourselves’ while keeping ‘our greed in our hands.”
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“A healthy ego protects and fortifies you. It's also important to note that there's a difference between having an ego and being egocentric. Having an ego gives you self-confidence. It gives you the strength and insight to stand up for yourself in situations where you feel vulnerable or exploited. Being egocentric involves being self-centred and self-serving, often to the detriment of others. Egocentric people frequently display a lack of empathy for the needs and feelings of others and the world at large.”
― Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World
― Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World
“If I don the cape of superiority and swoop in to save those which I hold as inferior, I would be wise to realize that the cape is probably something akin to a cheap tablecloth and my superiority as rickety as the folding table that I stole it from.”
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“The fool will look you directly in the face, point a ridiculing finger squarely at your chest, and confidently inform you that there is no consequence for whatever choice they’re about to make. However, the real consequences don’t occur when the fool is standing amidst the very consequences that they claimed not to exist. Rather, the real consequences occur when they are standing amidst the consequences, all the while absolutely befuddled as to why they’re on fire.”
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