Pope Francis Quotes

Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.

Most people are so stuck in their egos that everything revolves around me, me, and more me. But if you want to be rich in the truest sense of the word, it can't only be about you. It has to include adding value to other people's lives.

There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self.

We all get self-centered.

Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.

Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels.

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

The egotism of woman is always for two.

The sources of human problems have to do with egotism, ‘I.’

Individualism is a denial that life has any meaning except the gratification of the ego; in politics it must end in anarchy. It is not possible for one man to be both Christian and Individualist.

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

Ego-centeredness is not individuality at all.

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

We're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness.

Particularly with middle-class people, self-absorption is a struggle.

I used to spend a lot of time just thinking about myself, thinking that the party started when I showed up.

I like to think I'm not a narcissist, but truth be told, we all have those sides to our character.

I hate everything which is not in myself.

Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost.

I've been asked many times if I considered myself a narcissist, so I looked up the real meaning of the word, and I came to the conclusion that indeed I am one. I think of myself as better than other people, not every person, but many, unique and talented, and I aim to success.

Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos.

The only one that matters is me. I am the only one that matters.