“Those who act in egotism, selfishness and conceit die; what do they gain?”
Atharva Veda
“I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.”
Oscar Wilde
“The body is wild, and the mind is foolish. Practicing egotism, selfishness and conceit, your life is passing away.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“Practicing egotism, selfishness and conceit, she wanders around the world, but her wealth and property will not go with her.”
“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you in rerun.”
John McCain
“I am egotistical and conceited, and my intellect is ignorant. Meeting the Guru, my selfishness and conceit have been abolished. The illness of egotism is gone, and I have found peace.”
“I serve my True Guru, and meditate on Him all day and night. Renouncing selfishness and conceit, I seek His Sanctuary, and speak sweet words to Him.”