James G. Frazer Quotes

Only a very small percentage can regard conditions from any but a selfish point of view or conceive of any but their own shoe-pinch.

A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage point from which to view the world.

Man is always inclined to regard the small circle in which he lives as the center of the world and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe. But he must give up this vain pretense, this petty provincial way of thinking and judging.

Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.

[The Republican Party is] a party with a narrow vision, a party that is afraid of the future.

All I really worry about is my little world.

I don't care what you think unless it is about me...

There are some things the arrogant mind does not see; it is blinded by its vision of what it desires.

In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind.

People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.

Small minds can never handle great themes.

Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

An ignorant man believes that the whole universe only exists for him: as if nothing else required any consideration. If, therefore, anything happens to him contrary to his expectation, he at once concludes that the whole universe is evil. If, however, he would take into consideration the whole universe, form an idea of it, and comprehend what a small portion he is of the Universe, he will find the truth. There are many ... passages in the books of the prophets expressing the same idea.

Fastidiousness is only another word for egotism; and all men who know not where to look for truth save in the narrow well of self will find their own image at the bottom, and mistake it for what they are seeking.

It's very easy to become selfish and narrow-minded and see ballet as the only thing in life, but there's lots more.

Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.

Most people are ego-sensitive, not life-sensitive.

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

Small minds have always lashed out at what they don't understand.

All I ask of Life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.

The following story is one which he related recently regarding the practice of fault - finding among creeds: A frog lived in a well. It had lived there for a long time. . . .

The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue.

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

People who talk only of themselves think only of themselves.

I am the center of the world, but the control panel seems to be somewhere else.